The power of words

From Robert Love in the January 27, 2012 issue of The Week:

"...as Mark Twain said, 'The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.'"

Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.

Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him


James 3:
3 Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Choose your words wisely and use them in the correct manner.