We must likewise bewail our many actual transgressions, in thought, word, and deed.

8. Our tongue sins.

In the multitude of our words there wanteth not sin, nor can a man. full of talk be justified. Prov 10:19. Job 11:2.

While the lips of the righteous feed many, our lips have poured out foolishness, and spoken frowardness. Much corrupt communication hath proceeded out of our mouths ; that foolish talking and jesting which is not convenient, and little of that which is good, and to the use of edifying, and which might minister grace unto the hearers. Prov 10:21, 32; Prov 15:2. Eph 4:29

If for every idle word that men speak they must _ give an account, and if by our words we must be justified, and if by our words we must be condemned, woe unto us, for we are undone; for we are of unclean lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. Matt 12:36, 37. Isa 6:5.

What would become of us, if God should make our own tongue to fall upon us? Ps 64:8.

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Pray now: a guided prayer in six parts, with the next heads each day.

Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.