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The tongue of the righteous is pure silver; the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 10:20 CSB

Here's one of those slightly mis-matched Proverbs - why does the writer compare the tongue of the righteous with the heart of the wicked?
Perhaps it's just to slow us down a wee bit...
To consider where our words come from (from the heart, the "leb", the centre of our being, our mind, will).
If Proverbs is not a weapon to use on others but an invitation to consider my own "leb", my own heart, this Proverb seems to be asking me to consider where my heart and words don't align...i wonder how often my words are "pure silver" but my heart is not "pure silver"?
"Jesus, shape my heart so that it aligns more with you, and so that more and more of my words might be silver, of greater value to me and to others, because they are coming from a heart that is being purified by You.
Amen."
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#somethingtochewon #itsaheartthing #takethenextstep #speaklife 
#dangerousprayers 

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