Ecclesiastes 5:6-7
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.
As James also pointed out, the tongue is an unruly evil, bent on going its own way. It causes us to sin, and even lie to God that what we said was sinful. He is then angry when we give excuses or denial. Too many words or imaginations of daydreams are also vain self-centered sin because our eyes should be on God in Christ instead of our own thoughts and ideas that contradict what He tells us. It is truth that matters, because He looks at and tests our hearts.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.
Job 34:21 “For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps."
James 3:8-10. 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.
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