A Silver Tongue

For Friday June 17, 2005
Proverb 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
The heart of the wicked is worth little.

Our last proverb we observed that when words are in abundant supply, the value of them decreases, and in fact, there is more likelihood of foolish and sinful speech which devalues the whole.

When the righteous are called to speak, what they say is of great worth. They have learned wisdom, and learned when a 'word fitly spoken' is called for. Their wisdom will be sought after.

We can think of valuable advice, but we can also consider words of comfort and encouragement. Words of comfort are hard to find in our trials. We offer to the dying and those who have lost so many cliches and aphorisms that rarely offer true comfort. Even our citation of Scripture may be of little value if we have not had our hearts deep in the wisdom and values of God expressed in his Word.