The mouth and the tongue and the words that come from them have been the subject of several proverbs. (10:19, 21, 31-32) The words I speak come from the heart whether good or evil. The righteous know to be careful in what is spoken and weigh answers.
I do not always do this. Even though one hundred times I weigh my replies and each time give a good answer, it is the one more time that I gush forth the evil that is remembered. No one gives a righteous answer all the time except Christ. If anyone says they are perfect and can never sin, and I met a few who said that then they are not considering the occasional evil that gushed from their mouth.
Jesus said in a parable of servants and talents. “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant!'” (Luke 19:22) Jesus concluded another parable with this, “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:13-14)
