Day 159 (Proverbs 16-18) - Year 8
6/8/20267 min
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[intro music] Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. Did you discover anything good in our reading today? I bet you did, and I hope that whatever it was, you'll spend some more time thinking about it today. Because Proverbs 16:20 says, "Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good." Ponder the word. Dwell in it and let it dwell in you. Be intentional about it. Wisdom is never an accident. One of the things I noticed that I want to spend more time thinking about showed up twice in Proverbs 16, and it's the idea of sweetness of speech. Verse 21 says, "The wise of heart is called discerning, and sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness." Verse 24 says, "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body." I don't know if you've ever eaten honeycomb or not, not the cereal, but it's amazing and super healthy. I want to speak words like that, gracious, sweet, life-giving words. It's so easy to default to sarcasm or slander or skepticism, but I want Him to transform my heart in such a way that it flows out of my mouth. And God knows speech control and self-control go hand in hand. Verse 32 points to that as well. It says, "Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city."