We often fail to differentiate between taking the name of the Lord in vain and foul language. Most of us raised in a Bible believing church or aware of social graces have learned to temper our language. I don’t know how many times I would hear people say, “Pardon my French.” I would smile and point out that it was really Anglo-Saxon. I was raised not using four letter words and it sticks with me.
Others, not so much, and we have apologists who try to make the case that four letter words are not evil. To them it is not a sin to cuss. Okay. With that in mind I found these verses interesting,
Psalm 109:17-18 (KJV) 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.I was just reading my daily Psalm. I have read it hundreds of times, but this time it stood out to me. It seems to be saying that foul language will sink down into your bowels and bones.
I am not sure how to apply that but my feeling is that it can’t be good. I don’t think David is trying to make a doctrinal statement but it is in the inspired word.
I am not sure that I can say the upper classes swear less than sailors. Maybe so. I can say that in polite conversation the person who is at the top of the ladder will have a much more genteel vocabulary than someone who is drinking Bud Lite. Is there a correlation between vocabulary and success in life? Is there a tie in between foul language and health? I have no idea but this would seem to indicate that there is a relationship.
Of course it could just be poetic license.
homo unius libri
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