‘When Excellent Speech Is Useless.’
a) Proverbs 17:7; 26:7. When it is in the mouth of a fool.
b) Psalm 50:16-17. When it is in the mouth of someone who does not really obey God.
c) Matthew 7:5. When someone is a hypocrite.
(Through this QT I can see When Excellent Speech Is Useless)
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‘The Presence Of The Lord.’
a) Psalm 90:8. Does not hide our secret sins.
b) Psalm 139:7. Is something that we cannot get away from.
c) Psalm 140:13. Godly people live in it.
d) Isaiah 52:13. Kings will stand speechless in it.
e) Jonah 2:4. He sometimes drives people from it.
f) Micah 7:17. His enemies will tremble in terror at it.
g) Nahum 1:6. Mountains crumble to dust.
h) Zephaniah 1:7. We should stand in silence in it.
i) Matthew 25:32. All Nations will be gathered in it.
j) 1 Corinthians 1:29. No one can ever boast in it.
k) Ephesians 3:12; Colossians 1:22. Because of Christ and our Faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into it.
l) 1 Thessalonians 3:9. We can have great Joy in it.
(Through this Second one I highly esteem The Presence Of The Lord)
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Chris.
Excellent speech is useless in the mouth of someone who does not really obey God. We are so often easily deceived by people who speak excellently. These people, through their speech can get positions of power and gather wealth. We need to have God’s Word as our standard, not merely our impressions.
