Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Proverbs 16:21-24
by: Leota Stevens.
The book of Genesis declares that man was made in God’s image and that God “spoke” the world into existence. Perhaps this is the reason that there is so much instruction in the Bible about the proper use of our words and controlling our tongue. The psalmist underscores the healing and encouraging qualities of the words that are uttered by those who are wise. Our words can heal, or they can injure. We can help someone become better, or we can bring them to bitterness by what we say and how we say it. Wisdom empowers us to speak the way God desires us to speak.