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Job chapter 35 verse 16.

Job opens his mouth in empty talk.

He multiplies words without knowledge. This is the end of this chapter and

Aleihu's condemnation of Job. And while we won't get into all that Aleihu has said has said that it's been helpful or unhelpful.

Here at the end it sounds a lot like the council that Joe has been getting from his other friends.

But despite all of that, just let this verse soak in.

Job opens his mouth and empty talk.

He multiplies words without knowledge.

Is that possible for you or me to do to open our mouth and empty talk and multiply words without

knowledge?

I read this verse and I think, I want to make sure my words count that I don't open my mouth an empty talk that what I say is good and right and pleasing to God and helpful for others.

And not just what I speak, but when I write, what I email or post or whatever it might be,

that we would not multiply our words without knowledge, that our

words would reflect the wisdom of God.

And I should want you to think about all the words you will speak or write today in your life or tomorrow in your life and what would it look like to be intentional to guard your every word to speak that which is good, right, pleasing to God, helpful for others.

And not just what we say, out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. So at the core of who we are to guard to discipline

ourselves when it comes to our thoughts and our desires to think wisely to desire

that which is good in ways that lead us to speak wisely and

speak that which is good. We need God's help. James Three makes clear that the tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body corrupt

the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire and is itself set on fire by hell.

No man can tame the tongue on his own. We need the spirit of God by his grace to help us speak that which is good and ripe all day long.

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