Power of the Tongue Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. There is a great Power which God has given to each person, the power of Life and Death, he has put this power right in our mouths, The bible says, those who love it, eat their fruits. You are either destroyed by it or get life from it. That depends on how you can use this power. St James describes the tongue in James 3 as FIRE, and you know how fire works, when controlled it can be used for a lot of good things, but when not controlled, it destroys anything it meets