Psalm 34:13
13 Keep [natsar] thy tongue [lashown] from evil [ra`], and thy
lips [saphah] from speaking [dabar] guile [mirmah]. KJV-Interlinear
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Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. ESV
Evil is the policy of
Satan. Truth is the policy of God. Deceit is the method of Satan. Grace is the method of God.
Both evil and deceit go
hand in hand, for they require one another in order to be of any effect. And, both evil and deceit are only effective
on the naïve, or those who do not recognize them. The objective of evil and deceit is never good
or for the betterment of ones life, but are the design of destruction and
failure and ruin.
Truth and grace operate
for the betterment of everyone, regardless of whether you know of them or
not. Truth and grace serve good and seek
only that which is the best for anyone and everyone. The objective of truth and grace is for the
completion and success of ones life, forever.
You have heard the
phrase, ‘If you have nothing good to say, then do not speak.’
And that certainly
applies here. For anyone who has nothing
good to say, is not interested in making ones life better, but is interested in
making ones life miserable.
Constructive criticism is
not speaking bad things when the advice is indeed constructive with the
objective of helping.
But criticism,
complaining, sarcasm, mockery, gossip, maligning and so forth that are intended
to bring harm or hurt, are not constructive, but examples of evil.
Therefore, do not let
yourself be a servant of evil or deceit.
Their origins are of Satan.
Know what you are talking
about, before you speak. And learn so
that you will know what is truth, and what is not.
