Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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… And so are you speaking blessing or cursing words, downrating, spewing words? Life and death are in the power of the tongue. And just I just want you to know that the Bible said that. It's important to make your children be obedient. Do you require obedience from your children in your house? Are you being a parent to your children? You're not their best friend. You won't always, they won't like the decisions. No, you're not going to spend the night over there. No, you're not going to that party. You got to pick your mountains, but I don't understand parents that will buy the keg and say, I just want them in a safe environment and here's a box of condoms, go to work. You've lost your mind. That's a pathetic parent that does that. That's not right. That's not scripture. That's child abuse. We lost some more people right there, but let's keep preaching. I'm just telling you, we need the truth. We don't need our ears tickled. …
… translation of this. That's the Otis Monson III translation of verse 21. And it reads as follows, Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. The message translation reads this way. Words kill, words give life. They're either poison or fruit. You choose. The OM3 translation reads this way, death can be found in your speech. Life can be found in your speech. And those who love it will eat of its fruit, either poison or nourishment. So therefore, you better watch your mouth. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and hearing of God's holy word. You may be seated in the presence of the Most High God. I want to place a tag at this moment upon this scripture for our lesson today. I want to deal with this simple idea of speak life. Speak life. If you would be so kind as to turn to your neighbor at this moment, just turn and look at you. …
… as we end this here real quick Proverbs chapter 18 verse 21 death and life is in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit I find that fascinating look at that verse death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it love what? ask yourself love what? love it? What's it? Oh, you're quiet. Good for you. That's good. It means you're thinking. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love death or life will eat its fruit. Life's fruit is beautiful. Death's fruit, you can figure that out. Don't you love how true the Bible is? Jesus put it this way in Matthew chapter 12. You guys okay? Matthew chapter 12. He's so subtle. I don't read the Old Testament. God is mean. I read the New Testament where he's nice. …