Words Wicked And Life Giving

Μὴ ἐκκλίνῃς τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς λόγους πονηρίας. Οὐκ ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἐκκλίνει· μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλ' ὃ λέγει, τοιοῦτον ἐστι· Μὴ ἀφῇς κλιθῆναι, μὴ ἀφῇς περιτραπῆναι εἰς εννοίας πονηράς. Ἐκεῖθεν γὰρ ἡ πηγὴ τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ τῆς κακίας, ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας. Τίνες δὲ οἱ λόγοι τῆς πονηρίας; Πολλοὶ καὶ διάφοροι. Καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἐπιβουλὰς ῥάπτοντεη, οἱ τὸν Θεὸν διαβάλλοντες, οἱ ἀρετὴν ἀποστρεφόμενοι, οἱ κακίαν διώκοντες, οἱ περὶ δογμάτων διεφθαρμένων καὶ βίου ἠμελημένου ἡδέως ἀκούονται λόγοι, καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἐκ πονηρίας πολλῆς προϊέμενοι· ὥσπερ δέ εἰσριν ἔννοιαι καὶ ρήματα πονηρίας, οὕτω καὶ ζωῆς. Διὸ καὶ ἔλεγον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Χριστῷ, Ῥήμαται ζωῆς αἰωνίου ἔχεις· καὶ πρὸς τίνα ἀπελευσόμεθα; Λέγεται δὲ ῥήματα ζωῆς, τὰ ζωὴν παρέχοντα· λέγεται δὲ καὶ ῥήματα σωτηρίας, τὰ σωτηρίαν περιποιοῦνται. Διὸ καί τις σοφὸς λέγει, Μὴ κωλύσῃς λόγον ἐν καιρῷ σωτηρίας. Λόγοι πονηρίας καὶ οἱ πονηροὺς ποιοῦντες τοὺς λέγοντας.   Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος Εἰς Τον ΡΜ' Ψαλμον  Source: Migne PG 55 437

Do not incline my heart to words of wickedness. 1 Not that God inclines it; let it not be; but what he says must be understood as meaning: 'do not allow it to incline so, do not allow it to wander into evil thoughts.' Certainly the fount of virtue and vice is in the heart. And what are the words of the wicked? They are many and diverse. They concoct plots, they accuse God, they are hostile to virtue, they chase after vice, they are the words of men who gladly hear depraved teachings and wicked lives, and all such things like this, and from grave wickedness they proceed. But as there are wicked thoughts and words, so there are the words of life, And so the disciples said to Christ, 'You have the words of eternal life, to whom shall we go?' 2 For they are named the words of life which give life and they are called the words of salvation which obtain salvation. Whence the wise man says, 'Do not prohibit speech in the time of salvation.' 3 The words of wickedness make those who speak them wicked. Saint John Chrysostom, On The Psalms, from Psalm 140 1 Ps 140.4 2 Jn 6.69 3 Sirach 4.28