Proverbs 25
Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.
Gotta love the Proverbs…
Remember yesterday’s verse about a promise of
rain but none falls?
Today’s verse is about an unexpected rain – one
that is not anticipated or wanted – and yet it comes.
Those are the worst, aren’t they? The cold driving rain in the winter, those
blustery breezes that cut to the bone?
This verse compares that kind of rain to a sly
tongue. A sly tongue is a deceitful
one. And a deceitful tongue cuts like
that driving north wind and rain – and chills to the bone.
It provokes a look of horror.
Another place in the scripture it says the tongue
is a fire, no man can tame it.
But surrendering to him can make our words sweet
and like honey, instead of sharp and like ice.
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