We become what we talk? Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: We become what we talk?-------------------------------- Date: 10/4/2000 Keywords: "heart" "talk" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Proverbs 4:23-24* 23. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. 24. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Question How do you talk about sex?   Practical help The passage above states the well-known truism that we become what we think. Could verse 24 be taking the idea further: We become what we talk? Consider this: If we talk trash, we'll likely act it out sooner or later. For example, if we talk sex in the vernacular of the locker room, we may act out sex the same way. At the very least, we could act it out vicariously — watching others perform it out in our stead. As in Web porn. If you want to say no to smut, maybe a good place to start is controlling your mouth. As verse 24 above says, put away perversity and corrupt talk. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2000 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.