Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
James, the New Testament apostle, compares the tongue to a bridle leading a horse. He also compares it to a small rudder that can change the direction of a vast ship. He must have known about this proverb from King Solomon.
The tongue certainly leads a person in the direction in which it speaks. If we were fully aware of this fact, we would be careful to speak less and listen more. Maybe this is the reason why we have one mouth and two ears: we should do twice as much listening as we intent to speak.
It is impossible that we set ourselves to hear the Voice of the Father without getting humbled; as we listen to Him, we are then protected from the sin of pride. A teacher and speaker to the Body of Messiah should spend as much time as, if not twice the time to listen to the Father as he intends to speak. This will keep him from the snares of the foolishness of pride that will lead not only himself, but others astray. The concept of foolishness in the Bible refers to one who is ignorant of, oblivious to, spiteful of, and careless to obey the Word.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
James, the New Testament apostle, compares the tongue to a bridle leading a horse. He also compares it to a small rudder that can change the direction of a vast ship. He must have known about this proverb from King Solomon.
The tongue certainly leads a person in the direction in which it speaks. If we were fully aware of this fact, we would be careful to speak less and listen more. Maybe this is the reason why we have one mouth and two ears: we should do twice as much listening as we intent to speak.
It is impossible that we set ourselves to hear the Voice of the Father without getting humbled; as we listen to Him, we are then protected from the sin of pride. A teacher and speaker to the Body of Messiah should spend as much time as, if not twice the time to listen to the Father as he intends to speak. This will keep him from the snares of the foolishness of pride that will lead not only himself, but others astray. The concept of foolishness in the Bible refers to one who is ignorant of, oblivious to, spiteful of, and careless to obey the Word.
Foolishness therefore is certainly rooted in pride.
The mouth is not just a part of the body; it is a concept. The Hebrew word for mouth is ‘peh’: ‘orifice’. Things go in and out of an orifice. This is why Yahoshua said that from what goes ‘out’ of our mouth, we defile our body, inferring thus that something goes in every time we speak. It is actually a scary thought. Every time we open our mouth, we stand to defile our body; anything can come in even as we thoughtlessly chatter.
What is then the concept of the lips of the wise that shall ‘keep’ (the Hebrew word is ‘guard’, ‘defend’) them? Maybe to keep their mouth closed and only open it when spoken ‘through’, and even then, with prudence and prayerfulness.
The mouth is not just a part of the body; it is a concept. The Hebrew word for mouth is ‘peh’: ‘orifice’. Things go in and out of an orifice. This is why Yahoshua said that from what goes ‘out’ of our mouth, we defile our body, inferring thus that something goes in every time we speak. It is actually a scary thought. Every time we open our mouth, we stand to defile our body; anything can come in even as we thoughtlessly chatter.
What is then the concept of the lips of the wise that shall ‘keep’ (the Hebrew word is ‘guard’, ‘defend’) them? Maybe to keep their mouth closed and only open it when spoken ‘through’, and even then, with prudence and prayerfulness.
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