I come to you for protection, O LORD my God. Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
Psalm 7:1
(A psalm of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.)
Words carry
Words
- Direct how we think and react
- Can be forgiven, but are hard to forget
David had/was
- victory after victory.
- now King of Israel.
- the mightiest King of all times.
- feared by many.
Yet
- Words of old still carried weight.
- Words of old still had power.
“The wounds of a sword will heal, but the wounds of the tongue cut deeper than the flesh, and are not soon cured.” – Charles Spurgeon
- Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer
Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
- Set a guard, O LORD, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:3 (AMPC)
- Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Proverbs 13:3 (ESV)
- Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21 (ESV)
- Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29 (ESV)
- But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
James 3:8-9 (ESV)
And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David’s personal priest.
2 Samuel 20:26
David has his own personal priest/domestic chaplain.
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