Keepeth His Soul From Troubles

The Tongue

This proverb names a direct, practical connection here, keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul from troubles, worth holding as genuine, causal claim, not merely correlation but actual protection, guarding speech named as a genuine, practical means of avoiding troubles that would otherwise, genuinely follow.

This is worth examining against however much you have assumed troubles arrive regardless of your own speech, unrelated external circumstance, rather than this proverb’s own direct claim, many troubles genuinely, actually traceable to unguarded speech, worth taking seriously as real, practical cause and effect.

Notice keepeth, active, ongoing discipline, not a single decision made once, but continued, actual practice, worth holding as needed correction against however much your own guarding of speech has been occasional or inconsistent rather than this described, ongoing, genuine keeping.

Consider today one specific trouble currently present in your own life, and examine honestly whether unguarded speech, yours or someone else’s, actually contributed to it, trusting this proverb’s own direct claim that ongoing, genuine keeping of the mouth actually, practically prevents troubles that would otherwise, genuinely follow.