“‘Make a tree good and it will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.'”
Matthew 12:33-35 NIV
Our conversations reveal the condition of our hearts.
“With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.”
Proverbs 11:9 NIV
Do you talk about others?
“A gossip betrays confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.”
11:13 NIV
Do you gossip about others? Do you share things about others that are not yours to share?
“‘But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgement for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”‘
Matthew 12:36-37 NIV
What we are willing to say about others reveals the posture of our hearts. Whether we are a safe person is revealed in our conversations.
God says we will all be held accountable.