Hung by tongue

1. Hung by the Tongue
Proverbs 18:20-21
20 A man's stomach shall be
satisfied from the fruit of his
mouth, From the produce of
his lips he shall be filled.
21 Death and life are in the
power of the tongue, And
those who love it will eat its
fruit.

2. Some More Passages
Proverbs 4:24 Put away from you a deceitful
mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.
Perverse (froward – KJV) – crooked, warped,
not normal
James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little
member and boasts great things. See how
great a forest a little fire kindles!
James 3:8 But no man can tame the tongue. It
is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

3. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Lying tongue
Description Psalm 52:2-4 2 Your tongue
devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working
deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness.
Selah 4 You love all devouring words, You
deceitful tongue.

4. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Lying tongue
Source John 8:44 You are of your father the
devil, and the desires of your father you
want to do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he
speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

5. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Lying tongue
Consequences – Death, hurt, pain, broken
relationships
Attitude – Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, putting
away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth
with his neighbor," for we are members of one
another.

6. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Cursing tongue
Define – Make common what is sacred
2 ways to do this:
-Using God's name in vain
-Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of
the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not
hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
-OMG (for example)

7. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Cursing tongue
Define – Make common what is sacred
2 ways to do this:
-Using God's name in vain
-Condemn something God has made
-James 3:9 With it we bless our God and
Father, and with it we curse men, who have
been made in the similitude of God.

8. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Backbiting tongue
James 4:11 Do not speak evil of one another,
brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and
judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and
judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are
not a doer of the law but a judge.
Romans 1:30 backbiters, haters of God,
violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents,

9. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Backbiting tongue
Proverbs 26:20, 22, 24
20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
22 The words of a talebearer are like tasty
trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.
24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And
lays up deceit within himself;

10. Tongue is a danger if it is a:
Proud tongue
Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth
preserves his life, But he who opens wide his
lips shall have destruction.
Psalm 12:3-4 3 May the Lord cut off all
flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud
things, 4 Who have said, "With our tongue we
will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord
over us?"

11. Words of Wisdom
Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words sin is
not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is
wise.
Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous
studies how to answer, But the mouth of the
wicked pours forth evil.
James 1:19 So then, my beloved brethren, let
every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath;

12. Hung by the Tongue
Think before you speak
Ponder what you say, how
you say it, when you say it,
why you say it, where you say
it.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life
are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat
its fruit.