Let your ears test words

As a newspaper reporter, I had an editor who urged in the case of "writer's block" that I use, at least in order to get a story started, a simile.
"Write the words 'Like a' ..." he said, and take the story from there.
I was struck recently in a Bible study by a simile that compared the senses of hearing and taste.
Job 34: 3
"Does not the ear test words, as the palate tastes its food?"
This verse, this simile, was not written by someone dealing with writer's block and looming deadline. To the contary, it is God's word, inspired by the Holy Spirit. As is always the case in the Scriptures, the verse is worthy of contemplation.
All of us who have suffered the sting of hurtful speech recognize that words have power. All of us who have spoken in anger, without thoughtful consideration of the impact of our words, recognize that a word spoken is impossible to "take back."
Should we not test our words against the will of the Father before speaking them?
In yet another way of looking at this verse, I consider the words I choose to hear (TV, movies, music, water cooler conversation) and the words I choose to read (newspaper, Internet, magazines, books). Some food and drink fall into the category of "acquired tastes." Pickled herring, for example, or chittlins. Beer, or coffee.
Should we not test those words that "taste bad" - spoken or written - against the will of the Father before we make them a part of our daily "diet?"
I pray, Father, that I would take more seriously my appeal to be blessed with "eyes to see, and ears to hear."
Proverbs 25:11
"Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances."