Discussion Questions
- Describe a time when your words got you in trouble.
- Read Genesis 1, how many times does it use the phrase “God said” and what are the consequences of him speaking?
- Read Proverbs 18:20–21, 12:18, 15:28, 25:18, and 11:9. What do you notice about what the wisdom literature has to say about our words?
- Read James 3:5–10 and Matthew 12:34–37. How are our hearts and mouths connected? What do they have in common? What is the remedy according to the text?
- How will you use this scripture in the next week?