"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile."

God tells us that our words and how we use them have a significant effect on the quality of our lives. Evil words and lies can cut short a full life like nothing else. They set in motion a force of deceit and harm that we cannot stop. This power that we release hurts not only the people we talk about and to, but also ourselves in the end. It acts like a boomerang and brings its deadly load back to us. Let's be the kind of people who say things that are right, good, clean, holy, true, and a blessing. (cf. Eph. 4:29–5:12)