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I'm Jeff Parrot.

Loose Lips, Sink Ships. You're likely familiar with this popular idiom

that goes back to World War II

and the movement to prevent military information from unintentionally spreading into the wrong years.

Amidst the threat of espionage by the enemy, this strategy warned the public at home about the dangers of discussing war details, like the movement of troops, with careless detail.

Loose lips sink ships was a way to say be careful how you use your words because they could change the course of the war without you even knowing it

There's an interesting history behind the use and effectiveness of phrases like this,

but what stands out to me is its stark presentation of the power of words.

Imagine for a moment a great warship sinking in the middle of the sea.

You'd probably think that the ship is sunk by something explosive, like the

concussion from a torpedo or a mine.

And of course that's true.

That would indeed be the final cause of sinking a ship.

But the first cause of that ship sinking

could be something as seemingly innocuous as a word.

A word that was used in the wrong way, at the wrong time, could lead to destruction.

Loose lips can sink ships.

Our words are far more formidable than we tend to realize.

Proverbs 18 presents a multifaceted sketch of the power of our words.

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