In Psalms, chapter nineteen, verse fourteen, the proper response to the work of salvation in our lives is a constant prayer that God will keep our hearts, words, and lives free from sin and pleasing to Him. Both the meditation of our hearts and the reflection of our minds should be acceptable to God.
The theme here is still under The Works and Word of God. The words in our mouths can work for us and against us. How do we avoid saying something that can potentially affect us? Ecclesiastes five, verse two, declares, “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.” The verse does not mean we live in silence to society around us, but to know the situation will benefit us and whoever and whatever we are dealing with momentarily.
Jesus gives an example of Himself and a few scriptures to cover this theme concerning our mouths and how to take care of it. Most of us externally wash and clean our mouths daily with physical products. However, how do we take care of this area internally? Matthew fifteen, verse eleven, “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” What comes through the ears has the potential to come out and affect us, especially something negative that can change the course of our lives.
Another example is from verse eighteen, “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For those in evil activity or a negative environment, “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” from Matthew twelve, verse thirty-four. What we let in our ears and reach the heart, then reason or dwell in our minds, generating thoughts that can endanger us. Jesus states in verse seventeen of Matthew fifteen, “Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
James five, verse eight, “But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” Only God can help control their mouth by asking Him to help them.