1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword,
and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter:
they commune of laying snares privily;
they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities;
they accomplish a diligent search:
both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:
all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear,
and shall declare the work of God;
for they shall wisely consider of His doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him;
and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Comments by Joan Boney
The tongue can be a deadly thing. We, who are of God, must control out tongue through God. We do not allow the tongue to rule us. Rather we keep our tongue under the control of God by praying and by considering that which we are about to say.
Devils would have us exalt ourselves in our words. Our flesh would have us exalt ourselves in our words.
But we do have a power of God through HIS Spirit to control our tongue and even to recognize both flesh and devils who would exalt something or someone over God by our words.
Thus James says ... If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. James 1
Recently I had some negative thoughts about a woman ... Where did those thoughts come from? from God? or from a devil?
I Jn. 4 ... 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
So I just addressed that spirit that brought that negative thought to my mind. I said: "Do you confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh?"
I heard the following: "No"