EKWE Volume 17 Number 2 2024

THE TONGUE: BUILDING AND DESTRUCTION; BIBLICAL PROPER WAYS TO USE THE TONGUE

Grace Ifeoma Otubah
Abstract

The tongue is the smallest part of the body but it will be very destructive if not well controlled. Consider the position of the tongue in the man’s body: (a) the ligaments (rope) that held it to the floor of the mouth. (b) The soldiers (32 teeth) that are guarding it. (c) The walls (lips) with which it was sealed, yet the Bible enjoins us to get more (padlock) to bridle it. “If any man among you seems to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” (James 1: 26 KJV). Notwithstanding all these, the tongue will still come out to release poisons that are capable of causing irrecoverable dangers from time to time. This shows the power of the tongue. This study will help us to know how to put our tongues under control.

Keywords: biblical, building, destruction, proper, tongue, ways
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