I've been reading Jeremiah, and he is alarming. In chapter 23, he says (and he's quoting the Lord directly, so there's no wiggling away from it): "Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: the committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one has turned back from his wickedness."
He smacks down lying as strenuously as adultery. Ouch.
And then there's II Timothy 2, which tells us unequivocally not to "wrangle about words," to avoid "worldly and empty chatter," and to "refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels."
I haven't even mentioned James, either.
From this we may deduce that God cares very much about what pops out of our mouths. This is scary.
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