What Goes On With Your Mouth

Proverbs 4:24 - "Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."

A lot of times when I have thought of this verse, I have thought about language. Just a generalized language issue.....But, it's soooo much more than that! Froward means deceitful and perverse can be about anything from gossipping to bitterness to just down right meanness. The Proverbs are telling us to not only watch what words come out of our mouth but to watch HOW they come out HOW they are meant. If it can in any way hurt another, it shouldn't come out - even if that person is not around! A simple "see, I told you that would happen," could come out several different ways - we need to make sure it comes out loving and caring not "Haha I told you so!".