[SIZE=medium]Just as every good tree brings forth good fruit, so does a bad tree bring forth evil[/SIZE]. Many understand our actions are works or fruit, but did you know the words we speak are also like fruit?
[SIZE=medium]Proverbs 18:20[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Proverbs 18:21[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “Death[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Isaiah 57:19[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.” [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Hebrews 13:15[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Jesus said in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Matthew 12:36[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Jesus also said in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Matthew 12:34[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]And again in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Luke 6:45[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil[/SIZE] treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
[SIZE=medium]Jesus said in Matthew 15:11 “[/SIZE]Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” Jesus went on to say in Matthew 15:17-20 “ Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?[SIZE=small]18 [/SIZE]But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.[SIZE=small]19 [/SIZE]For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:[SIZE=small]20 [/SIZE]These are the things which defile a man: …..”
[SIZE=medium]The words a man speaks defiling the man is also confirmed in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]James 3:6[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defile[/SIZE]th the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
[SIZE=medium]We are told in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]1 Peter 3:10[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] :For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil[/SIZE], and his lips that they speak no guile:”
And again in James we are told [SIZE=medium]James 1:26[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain[/SIZE].”
And again in James 3:10-18 “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.[SIZE=small]11 [/SIZE]Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
[SIZE=medium]12 [/SIZE]Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.[SIZE=small]13 [/SIZE]Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
[SIZE=medium]14 [/SIZE]But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
[SIZE=medium]15 [/SIZE]This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.[SIZE=small]16 [/SIZE]For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.[SIZE=small]17 [/SIZE]But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.[SIZE=small]18 [/SIZE]And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
[SIZE=medium]Peace and God bless[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Proverbs 18:20[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Proverbs 18:21[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “Death[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Isaiah 57:19[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.” [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Hebrews 13:15[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Jesus said in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Matthew 12:36[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” Jesus also said in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Matthew 12:34[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]And again in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Luke 6:45[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil[/SIZE] treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
[SIZE=medium]Jesus said in Matthew 15:11 “[/SIZE]Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.” Jesus went on to say in Matthew 15:17-20 “ Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?[SIZE=small]18 [/SIZE]But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.[SIZE=small]19 [/SIZE]For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:[SIZE=small]20 [/SIZE]These are the things which defile a man: …..”
[SIZE=medium]The words a man speaks defiling the man is also confirmed in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]James 3:6[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defile[/SIZE]th the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
[SIZE=medium]We are told in [/SIZE][SIZE=medium]1 Peter 3:10[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] :For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil[/SIZE], and his lips that they speak no guile:”
And again in James we are told [SIZE=medium]James 1:26[/SIZE][SIZE=medium] “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain[/SIZE].”
And again in James 3:10-18 “Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.[SIZE=small]11 [/SIZE]Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
[SIZE=medium]12 [/SIZE]Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.[SIZE=small]13 [/SIZE]Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
[SIZE=medium]14 [/SIZE]But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
[SIZE=medium]15 [/SIZE]This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.[SIZE=small]16 [/SIZE]For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.[SIZE=small]17 [/SIZE]But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.[SIZE=small]18 [/SIZE]And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.”
[SIZE=medium]Peace and God bless[/SIZE]
