Keep your heart with all vigilance,for from it flow the springs of life.
Put away from you crooked speech,and put devious talk far from you. – Proverbs 4:23-24

A. The Use of our Tongue: Wholesome Speech

B. The Qualities found in Wholesome Speech

C. The Benefits of Whole Speech

Today

D. The Harm from an Unwholesome Tongue

1. Unwholesome speech entices sin: Prov. 2:10-19, Prov. 7:10-23, Gen.3:1-7
2. Unwholesome speech causes deep hurt: Prov. 12:18, Prov. 15:4, Matt. 26:30-35, Job 13:1-5
3. Unwholesome speech enflames anger: Prov. 15:1, Eph. 5:29
4. Unwholesome speech damages reputations: Prov. 10:14, Prov. 10:18, Prov. 11:9, Prov. 11:13, Prov. 16:27-28, Prov. 18:8, Ps. 15:1-3, 1 Tim. 3:11, 5:13, 2 Tim. 3:1-5, 2 Cor. 12:20
5. Unwholesome speech defines a fool: Prov. 10:18, Prov. 14:7, Prov. 15:14, Prov. 17:7, Prov. 19:1
6. Unwholesome speech leads to self-destruction: Prov. 6:1-3, Prov. 14:3, Prov. 17:20, Prov. 18:6, Prov. 18:7, Ps. 101:5

Application

1. Am I guilty of an uncontrolled tongue causing untold damage in those I talk to, with, or about?
2. Is my speech showing more and more a life controlled by the Spirit or my flesh?