Paraphrasing the dictionary Britannica.com, the mouth is the orifice through which food and air enter the body. The mouth opens to the outside at the lips and empties into the throat at the rear; its boundaries are defined by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, and glottis. It is composed of a vestibule, open space, between the cheeks and the teeth, and a lower chamber filled by the tongue. In addition to its primary role in the intake and initial digestion of food, the mouth and its structures are essential in humans to the formation of speech.
The above definition tell us that the mouth is only a tool used for the"formation of speech" so our words originate from somewhere else and the mouth is a tool of vocalization. Read this passage below:
Matthew 12:33-38 (New Living Translation)
33 “A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad. 34 You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. 35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. 36 And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. 37 The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.”
I like verse 34 in the NASB version which says, "For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart."
Quick summary:
- The origin of our words comes from our hearts.
- Words are like fruit and our hearts are like fruit trees.
- Our hearts can be evil or good, and in addition they can be filled with evil or good.
- Evil words come from an evil heart. Good words come from a good heart.
- Our identification to others is often formed by the fruit we bear or the words we say.
- Our words shape others judgement of us. They can reveal the judgement of innocence or the judgement of guilt.
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