{"id":69687,"date":"2020-02-04T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T14:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=69687"},"modified":"2023-09-02T22:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:46:30","slug":"warning-your-tongue-is-a-deadly-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/warning-your-tongue-is-a-deadly-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Your Tongue Is A Deadly Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[476,460,798,377],"acf":{"old_id":"69687","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":66417,"related_cahpter":"409","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"But also a\u00a0 powerful tool of creation, connection, and compassion","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that almost everyone carries a deadly, concealed weapon on their person at all times? This weapon does not show up on metal detectors and does not require a license from any governmental agency to carry it. However, this weapon has the power to destroy the lives of individuals, nations, and even the entire world. This weapon is our tongue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people spend a good chunk of our formative years learning how to use our tongues. There is real skill involved both in the cognitive process of learning a language, but also in the physical coordination needed to form words in our mouths. Difficulty in the physical act of speaking is often referred to as \u201cgetting tongue-tied.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, tongues do not have to be weapons of mass destruction. In fact, they can be incredibly powerful tools of creation, connection, and compassion. However, despite all of our training, our tongues can frequently misfire, causing immense harm to those around us. If we are honest with ourselves, we confess that there are other times we intentionally use our tongues to cause harm to others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremiah knew that the tongue could be a deadly weapon. The first section of Chapter 9 focuses on Judah\u2019s sinful, destructive speech. It emphasizes the role of the tongue:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cThey bend their tongues like bows. They are valorous in the land for treachery, not for honesty\u2026\u201d (Verse 2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cOne man cheats the other, They will not speak truth; They have trained their tongues to speak falsely. They wear themselves out working iniquity.\u201d (Verse 4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cTheir tongue is a sharpened arrow, They use their mouths to deceive. One speaks to his fellow in friendship, But lays an ambush to him in his heart.\u201d (Verse 7)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we see that the tongue is a bow (verse 2), a sharpened arrow (verse 7), and a skilled warrior (verse 4). The tongue is used not for good, but for evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish tradition understands the keen danger posed by our tongues. <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bavli Arakhin<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 15b provides several interpretations of verse 7, describing how the tongue can kill from great distances.\u00a0 When we reach the end of the Amidah, we say a prayer that begins, \u201cMy God, guard my tongue from evil, and my lips from speaking deceit\u201d (cf Ps 34:14).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tongues can be deadly. 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