Read Pr. 26:22-28
Proverbs speaks so much about out words because our speech is so important. It can cause a curse and be our worse enemy or it can bless and be our powerful advocate. Whispered slander will hurt a person down to their womb where they reproduce life. When we hear some slander spoken against us it can cause us to stop moving in our destiny. When we hate someone we won't speak truth because hate is of Satan and he is the author of lies. He distorts things in our mind so that we say things out of the distortion that are not true. Love believes all things and covers a multitude of sins. A person of hate cannot love and even his mercy is deceptive because his heart is full of idolatry. He will be exposed before his accusers and brought down. It's the promise of God that we will reap what we sow. A person who lies really hates the person he is trying to deceive even if he does it by flattery. Flattery is just a lie in a prettier package. Jesus said to let your "yes" be "yes" and your "no" be "no" and whatever is more than that comes from evil. In other words, we don't have to add a lot of adjectives to our yeses. If we are a person of integrity then people will believe our simple "yes" and we won't be tempted to exaggerate.
Lord, let your love flow from our mouths and let us be simple and truthful in all we say. May our speech edify you.
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