It's Only Words ....

How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
~ Job 19

BLOGISTAN

Judaism 101: Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra


Christian lessons on evil tongue
morologia (G3473) Foolish Talk
aischrologia (G148) Filthy Language
eutrapelia (G2160) Coarse Jesting

Book of James

James 1:26

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

James 3:1

[ Taming the Tongue ] Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

James 3:5

Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

James 3:8

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

James 3:9

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness.