Língua
A língua tem poder de vida e de morte. A Bíblia compara a língua ao leme de um navio e à faísca que incendeia uma floresta. Dominar a língua é prova de maturidade espiritual.
O poder da língua
A morte e a vida estão no poder da língua. Quem a domina é varão perfeito, capaz de controlar todo o corpo.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue;
And they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Palavras sábias
A língua branda quebra até ossos. A palavra certa no tempo certo é como maçãs de ouro em salvas de prata.
In long-suffering is prosperity to kings,
And a soft tongue breaks the bones.
Some wound as they speak, like swords;
But the tongues of the wise heal.
True lips establish testimony;
But a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.
By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin;
But if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.
Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom:
And he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
Disciplinar a fala
Quem guarda a boca e a língua guarda a sua alma de angústias. A religião sem controle da língua é vã.
For the end, a Psalm of David.
They rewarded me evil for good,
And bereavement to my soul.
But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth,
And humbled my soul with fasting:
And my prayer shall return to my own bosom.
They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent;
The poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.
My help shall come from the Lord,
Who made the heaven and the earth.
Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him:
My persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
O God, I have declared my life to thee;
Thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.
Toda língua confessará
Ao nome de Jesus todo joelho se dobrará e toda língua confessará que Jesus Cristo é Senhor, para glória de Deus Pai.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. And the Lord said, Behold, there is one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do. Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor. And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower. On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.