By his words one can determine

• A. what he earns
• B. what he says; his testimony
• C. what he does
• D. what he is

Answer: (B)

Words are the outward confession of a person’s heart. When someone speaks, they articulate what they truly believe and profess to be true about God, life, and values. In Scripture and in Christian practice, a person’s speech often serves as their testimony—the public declaration of what they trust, confess, and stand for. Because speech directly communicates that confession, what a person says is the clearest evidence of his testimony.

Earnings reflect external outcomes and priorities, not the content of one’s confession. Deeds reveal conduct and actions, which can align with or contradict what a person claims, but they don’t by themselves capture the explicit confession expressed in words. Being or essence touches on identity in a deeper sense, which words may hint at but do not fully define. So the link between words and testimony is the strongest explanation for what can be determined by what someone says.