King Solomon was inspired to write: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof"(Pro.18:21). The question is, what does that mean? Does it mean that the words the wicked speak are laced with a deadly poison, capable of killing the hearers? While on the other hand, the words spoken by the righteous give life to those that are capable of hearing?
The Apostle James was inspired to write: "But the tongue can no man tamed; it is an UNRULY evil, full of deadly poison"(James 3:8). If we are capable of fully grasping what that means, it should bring sadness, grief and lamentation to our hearts. The Chosen Vessel was also inspired to write: "Their throat is an opened sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips"(Rom. 3:13).
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