Tag: Wisdom in the Heart Produces Persusaion on the Lips

Proverbs 16:21-24

The wise of heart is called discerning,

and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.

Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,

but the instruction of fools is folly.

The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious

and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Gracious words are like a honeycomb,

sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Tag:  The Wise of Heart Produces Life Through the Lips

The key thought in these proverbs is that those who take wisdom into their hearts and minds will produce a speech that is life giving and sweet to the hearers.   The words on the lips of someone who fears the Lord should produce a sweet taste to those who hear it.   If we look at Christ’s life we can see that.  People were attracted to His Teaching.  Something was different about it.  Note:

Matthew 7:28-29

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

There were still those who rejected His teaching (the Scribes, etc.), but His message was rejected, not how He said it.   The Apostles are the same way.  The crowds came to hear them.  They often rejected the message out of the hardness of their heart, but the words were still sweet to the hearers, meaning, they were receiving great truths that would heal their souls.   When we take in Christ and speak of Christ we are giving those to hears us, life giving words.  That is something to rejoice over.   

Wisdom in our hearts gives us the ability to be persuasive.  Paul’s life surely exemplified that.   When people hear wisdom from us it is enticing to them and we can use that wisdom to win souls:

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Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,

and whoever captures souls is wise.

1 Corinthians 9:19-22

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.

The evidence of God’s Wisdom in our hearts and minds is the words that flow off our lips.