Tag: fountain of life

This chapter in Proverbs has a lot to say about the words that come from our mouth.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning. (Proverbs 10:13)

The tongue of the righteous is pure silver. (20)

The lips of the righteous feed many. (21)

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom. (30)

The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate. (31)

But I suppose the words that sum all of this up is found in verse 11.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life.

Or as the NLT puts it,

The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain.

That is what our words should be: a life-giving fountain.

To our wives. To our husbands. To our children. To our friends. To our coworkers. To our neighbors. To those around us who don’t know Christ.

Do our words in speech overflow with life to those who hear? Do our words in social media?

And if they don’t, what does that say about our hearts? (Matthew 12:34; James 3:11-12)

O Lord, purify the spring in my heart that my mouth may become a life-giving fountain.