TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - September 23, 2025 - Proverbs 12:14-18 - Words That Heal, Words That Wound

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

In today’s Morning Manna, we explore Proverbs 12:14–18, where Solomon shows us that both our speech and our deeds return to us in blessing or judgment. Fools trust themselves and vent their wrath, but the wise seek counsel, restrain anger, and speak truth that brings healing. These verses remind us that our tongues can pierce like swords or bring health like medicine. God calls us to live as those who sow peace and righteousness with every word. Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc BurkhartYou can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today!www.megafire.worldGet high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!www.AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!www.Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!www.books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.www.Sacrificingliberty.com

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Morning Manna. It's Tuesday, and we are delighted to have you with us to study the Word of God. We are continuing our study of the book of Proverbs. We're in the 12th chapter, and today our verses are 14 through 18. Let's pray and invite the Lord to lead us in this study of the word. Then Doc will read the scriptures, and we will begin our Bible study. almighty god our father in heaven father we give you glory and honor and praise father we invite the holy spirit to lead us today in the study of your word give us revelation and understanding father make us stronger disciples for the glory of your son jesus and his name jesus christ we pray amen good morning everyone welcome to the live edition morning manna no matter where you are in the world we have friends all over the world that have been checking in this morning

all the way from Russia, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, and so many other places, and across the U.S. and Canada, welcome to Morning Manah. We're continuing our study today in Proverbs chapter 12, Proverbs chapter 12, and as Rick mentioned, we're going to be reading verses 14 through 18. So if you got your Bibles, read along with me here, beginning at verse 14. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man hand shall be rendered unto him. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hearkeneth under counsel is wise. A fool's wrath is presently known, but a prudent man coverth shame. He that

speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit. In verse 18, in our passage today, there is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is hell. are a powerful tool. They can also be a powerful weapon. We're going to be talking about that in our study today here in Proverbs chapter 12. Verse 14, a man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. Words have consequences. Words are seeds. They bear fruit. They either nourish us or they poison us. Our own words. We either nourish our lives for good or we poison our lives for bad with our words. Our words are seeds that bear fruit in other people for good or bad. We can bless people with our words or we can

poison them with our words words are powerful and what this verse is telling us is that you will be satisfied with good by the fruit of your mouth how do you change your life if you are not satisfied with your life right now what must you do to change tomorrow change the words you speak today that's right uh there's just people who i don't know i don't understand that they they don't have a intellectual and spiritual understanding of the power of their words and they just keep speaking negativity on themselves right They speak it on themselves and they can't figure out why nothing's going right for them. And this is the recompense of a man or woman's hands shall be rewarded to them, rendered unto them.

So the fruit of your mouth, honest, gracious, uplifting, wise, edifying speech, fruit, good fruit. good words yield good results good seed produce good fruit not only for the other for others who hear it but for yourself so words spoken that are encouraging and uplifting and a blessing return to you as a blessing and return to you as a blessing and peace and edification it comes back on you yes word spoken in wisdom open doors win favor bring stability in your life again if if things aren't going well for you for a long long time are you lacking favor because of the words of your mouth doesn't mean you're not saved just means your words aren't sanctified yes by thy words thou shall be justified by thy words thou shall be condemned yes so don't blame the lord and don't blame other people check your mouth okay look and see what are you saying we studied well no we haven't it's in proverbs 18 death and life are in the power of the tongue right

death and life this thing in our mouth the tongue it holds life and death and death is very serious I don't know about you doc death is serious but in the tongue and it's Your tongue releases life or death in others and in you. It releases life or death into families, marriages, friendships, churches, companies, companies, corporations, nations, words, life or death. So there's a harvest that comes from every seed. This is a very basic principle. Every word is a seed. Every seed produces a harvest.

Every seed produces a harvest of like kind. What does that mean? What you're saying, the words that you're speaking, will multiply. They'll come back in your life. multiplied you'll have a harvest from your own words so we're being taught in the scripture that a good confession of your mouth a good positive uplifting testimony brings joy to your soul it brings honor to God right when's the last time you shared your testimony of salvation with someone um there there are people in churches that

sometimes i wonder have they ever shared their testimony and then that makes me wonder do they have a testimony yeah and for a lot of folks their testimony despair and agony on me. I mean, you know, your testimony might be how they started to attend that church. That's not your testimony. Your testimony is how did you come to Christ?

How were you born again? When were you saved? When were you baptized? And how are you living now in victory? If you're living in victory. and you should be see when you start giving your testimony of how Christ saved you

you're going to uplift yourself you're going to uplift others who hear it your words faithful words good words bring a harvest far beyond the immediate moment they yield a continuous

harvest and eternal fruit. This is, and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. Recompense, that's an old word for reward. These hands, these hands are going to be rewarded. All right.

Your hands, the work, the activity of your hands is going to be rewarded. So what it's saying is just as, words have fruit deeds and actions have rewards good words and good works yes but they will be in proportion deeds deeds are rewarded in like kindness all right so good deeds will be rewarded bad deeds will be rewarded. How do we know this? Because Galatian 6, verse 7 tells us that God's justice ensures that each of us

reaps what we sow. What are you reaping right now? It's what you sowed. And a lot of it was sowed with your lips, your tongue, and your hands and you're reaping it how do you change tomorrow change your lips change your words change what's coming off your lips what's flowing and change your behavior too so that's right so it's words and deeds words and deeds talk in action that's what produces your tomorrow Your today is the culmination, the product of what you said and did yesterday.

And when I say yesterday, I mean the past. That's how you got to where you are right now. It's the culmination, the sum of what you said and did over years. Are you happy with it? Are you satisfied? Well, you can change it. That's the wonderful thing about it. It's not chiseled in stone.

If you're alive and breathing, you're able to talk. And you can start talking the right way. You can train your mind to think a different way, to talk a different way. This also means that honest labor leads to good. rewards but sinful deeds sinful actions lead to judgment this recompense this reward it could be material which would be our income our material blessings from our work it could be social rewards meaning the way you are accepted by others it could be spiritual rewards your heavenly reward at the end of your life so there's there's a

balance between speech and actions and the message here is both are accountable to god your words and your actions both are accountable to god see human society basically rewards actions but divine reward goes deeper says oh no we got we got a we got a we got a reward words also let's see what the commentator said john gill one of the early back Baptist. He said, a man is satisfied with good by wise and gracious discourse. Such words return again with advantage. The work of a man's hand, whether good or evil, shall be rendered to him. Charles Bridges, I think, Doc, could we see Methodist? I think he was a Methodist, or maybe Anglican. He said, the fruit of the lips and the labor of the hands alike bring the recompense. Let both be consecrated to God, for he will bring every work into judgment. Alexander McLaren, the lips and the hands are alike seed sewers.

From each there comes a harvest, good or evil, according to what was sown. And then, Doc, your new favorite. William are not. Yes. The word and the work are both fruit-bearing. Oh, Doc, you're going to like this. The mouth drop seed, the hand plants it. Yes.

That's brother or not, yes. He painted word pictures. Oh, yes. He said the return is according to the sewing. And then Robert Horton, the Congregational Church of England. The proverb teaches the law of recompense. Both words and deeds bring back their fruit. Men may forget their words, but the fruit remains.

Amen. Verse 15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he that he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise the way of a fool is right in his own eyes so the fool judges himself by his own shallow standard and that self-deception blinds him his or her pride convinces us the foolish man or woman that he or she is always right

and therefore it rejects correction rejects instruction doesn't listen to the opinions of others we all know people you can't have a conversation with them because they're right

yeah yeah okay i'll have a conversation with you but could we have a two-way conversation i don't want to argue but can i present my views and you listen to my views and you present your views and i listen to your views and then we talk it out yes that's called mature talk right it's a it's a conversation yes that's the way big people are supposed to talk And that's what engenders change in us, or spiritual change. Rick, I'm not the same person I am a year ago, five years ago, 10 years ago,

25 years ago. I am a very different person. And most of it has to do with either conversations, such as with you or like in this Bible study on a daily basis, conversations with the Lord. What I've learned, Rick, is I don't know everything. everything. In fact, I don't know a lot. And the more I learn, the more I don't know. And so this verse has a special meaning to me. I do not want to be classified a fool. That's right. The fool just thinks he's right all the time. You know, Doc, I, I, I, well, first of all,

I've learned a lot conversing with you. One of the joys of my day is having you to bounce ideas off of and listen to your opinion and you and I we have good conversations and we respect each other's

viewpoints. It doesn't mean we agree with everything, but we can have a conversation without arguing. So you can be, strong in your opinion without arguing. I like combative discourse about ideas. I'm challenged by it, you know. I got to tell myself, hey, you got to be careful

because maybe the other person thinks I'm, you know, I'm coming on too strong. No, I'm excited by that other person's viewpoints. And I'm like, hey, let's talk this out. but I got to I got to remind myself I you know I don't want to come across too strong because I don't want to seem overwhelming but I'm actually enjoying the conversation I'm enjoying the other person expressing his or her views so but the fool believes he or she is right see I don't believe I'm right I desire to hear why somebody else thinks that they're right. I'm excited that somebody's going to try to challenge me to convince them that they're right. I love that.

What I don't like is somebody who just dismisses me and says, you're wrong, and I don't want to hear your opinion. Yeah. How many emails have you gotten over the ears and says, Dear Rick, you're wrong. Yes. I joke with Rick about that, you know, quite a bit, you know. You get those emails and just starts off.

Very first line, not, I have a question, or, you know, I've been thinking about what you said, or, you know, I'd like to have a discussion with you about this. I'm trying to understand your point of view. No, it says, dear Rick, you're wrong. You idiot. So, yeah, that's not, you're not, you can't have a conversation with a person like that. A mature adult respects other people's opinions, expresses his or her opinion, and can do it strongly, but respects the other person's right to have an opinion. And doesn't immediately start the conversation saying, you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong. See, there is no conversation at that point.

If that's the way somebody talks, you can't have a conversation. right and i i think we've all been around people that talk that way you express your opinion about anything and the first thing out of their mouth is you're wrong you're wrong well that says you're an idiot i'm better than you i don't have to listen to your opinion just accept mine and everything will be okay the way of a fool is right in his own eyes it's an illusion the fool is deluded he or she's living in an illusion right they're convinced that they're right and usually what i have found is that the people who think that way are stubborn and arrogant.

When you get into their lives, you start to find stubbornness and arrogance and obstinence and everything. They don't budge on anything. I've got it all figured out. I know everything. Everything is black or white. There is no other opinion other than my opinion. And that's the way it is.

And boy, in this day and age of social media, that is gone to the exponential degree. I agree. I know. Everybody's an expert, and you're wrong if you don't agree with me. You are absolutely wrong. Yes, but Doc, there's pride, there's stubbornness, bullheadedness, arrogance. Okay. You know, some people on the surface can look to be, you know,

maybe innocent I'm trying to think of a word the opposite of being loud and boisterous and demanding but when you get to know them they're really bullheaded I mean down right bullheaded

and once you discern that in somebody you need to pay attention to it because where that bullheaded, stubborn, arrogant attitude is there. There's a lot of other stuff. So that attitude is the root of their foolishness. That's the root of it. The reason they are fools is because of that stubbornness, the arrogance, the arrogance. the bullheaded pride that's what makes them fools and you know what's what's interesting here is you can be right and still be a fool yes yes because of your attitude about it because you're you're not

listening to others and this is what i've learned too especially in dealing with uh folks that uh you know are you know are deeply into dispensationalism it used to frustrates me to no degree. But nowadays, it doesn't frustrate me at all. It doesn't bother me at all. I can have a conversation with people. I won't get upset. They get upset with me, but I don't get upset. I, you know, because you know what? It took the Holy Spirit working in me to change my views on dispensationalism. It was a long process. And I just have to give it to the Lord and just say i let the lord work on you i'm not going to sit here and try to change you i have never been able to argue anybody out dispensationalism i've seen the holy spirit take people out dispensationalism

yes the only thing that troubles me about the secret pre oh today's rapture day today's rapture day today's roshoshana yes now see all i'm not going to say all that's not that's not That wouldn't be an accurate statement. But millions of pre-trip rapture enthusiasts are expecting to be raptured today. Right. Why? Why September 23rd? Because it's a Jewish holiday?

Somebody get that rumor going. Okay. My problem with them is not their view. viewpoint, it's their cold-hearted willingness to cut off all fellowship with you if you don't agree with them. Absolutely right. Okay. I'm not going to cut off fellowship with someone because they believe they're going to be

raptured today. Yeah, come around tomorrow. I'll talk to you tomorrow. But they will cut you off. They will cut you off and shut you down. because the way of a fool is right in his own eyes. Would I love to be raptured away today? Absolutely.

Let's go. Come on, let's go. I'm done with this world, look. Let's go. Do I expect it? No. Why? Because, first of all, the Lord said, no man knows the day and the hour that he will return.

no one well that's no one means no one and that means nobody knew that September 23rd was the day of the rapture

so I don't even go there right but he that harkenedeth unto counsel is wise praise God just as the just as the fool doc just as the fool is stubborn and bullheaded the wise are humble they have teachable spirits they're

willing not only are they willing to learn they're hungry to learn amen what is counsel advice godly advice godly counsel is advice from the holy spirit it's advice through his word It's advice that comes through other godly people. God can speak wisdom to you through multiple ways. He can speak directly from his Holy Spirit inside you. He can speak from his word on a written page. And he can speak through another person filled with the Holy Spirit who speaks to you. And so a wise man or woman actually enjoys.

that guidance even when it's correction even when it's reproof yes they're looking for the lesson they're looking for the lesson that's the difference looking for the lesson you know why because it means your father loves you it means your father's paying attention to you that's that's where i'm at now doc if the lord corrects me oh lord you you're paying attention to you attention to me. I like that. You saw I was going wrong and he corrected me. Thank you, Lord. You're my father. I love you. Pray you God. It changes the attitude. It just completely changes your attitude. No, I wouldn't say, Lord, I'm going to act up more so I get more attention for it. No, that would not be the right thing to do. No, you'll get attention

all right. Oh, you'll get attention, but that's not the right way. okay but i do enjoy his i like his his presence i enjoy his presence and he's he's a kind tender loving father he's not going to come in with a whip and beat you but he will kindly and firmly correct you but the wise man or woman likes it the wise man or woman listens for it and listens to it that's right so to harken means to listen if i put my hand if i cup my hand around my ear that says i want to hear something you're saying i'm hearkening right it's not Not just listening, it's intentional listening, like you're leaning in, saying, I want to hear what you are saying. I want to make sure I am getting the lesson.

You know, sometimes when somebody's talking to me, I have to turn down the volume on, the television is on, or radio, or something's playing. I've got to turn the volume down because it's distracting me from hearing what that person's saying to me. You have to eliminate all the rest of the noise, and you have to intently focus. on the words that are being said that's right if i continue with that noise what i'm really saying subconsciously to the person who's talking to me is your words really don't have that much value to me you're right and so the lord is watching us for the same thing when he's speaking are you turning down the world's noise john gill born 1697

A fool, through pride and ignorance, thinks his way right, despising all advice. But the wise man, sensible of his own defects, listens to the counsel of others. Albert Barnes, born 1798, the fool is satisfied with his own judgment. the wise conscience of weakness seeks advice the one ends in ruin the other in safety yes we are not the fool is right in his own eyes the wise man is right in god's eyes because he listens counsel is to safeguard against safe defeat self defeat excuse me let me say this again are not said counsel is the safeguard against self deceit yes getting advice from other wise people is how you protect yourself from deceiving yourself right your biggest threat is not somebody else deceiving you it's you deceiving yourself absolutely yes because you'll tell lies to yourself that you'll believe I've been hoodwinked I've been deceived by people and I got over it

but the worst cases is when I deceive myself yeah that's when you got to sit down and go okay world did I do this oh I deceived myself and it's and not meaning you in particular I mean the collective you and choose because you think you're absolutely right yes I know that's my problem and so but a godly man or woman will say okay i i need to be corrected yeah but the fool says i'm right and i don't care what happens i'm right verse 16 a fool's wrath is presently known but a prudent man coverth shame the world english bible says a fool shows his annoyance the same day but one who is prudent overlooks an insult it puts a different light on this verse yes both translations means the fool lacks self-control anger

burst out immediately without thought presently known now open display of anger temper i'm going to show you what i believe i'll show you who's boss i'll show you who runs this place i'm in control my wrath it it explodes or i just take we get frustrated or angry about things you know that are totally outside of our control right okay and you know and this was a problem i i really i have to confess i had for a very very long time where i would react to a situation or a person and i could just feel the anger and the frustration rising up within me but you know what rick i came up with a strategy here about two years ago that it has helped me with it what's that is it's called the empty boat theory. So imagine that you are on a boat on the lake and you're riding in your motor

boat, you're going across the lake, you're enjoying a day on the lake, it's sunshine and bright, you're enjoying the water and the waves and the boat and the wind and everything, and you're going across the lake, and then in the distance you see another boat. And as the boat gets closer and closer to you, you notice, you know, it's heading straight toward you. And you're like going, you know, I hope that guy moves, whoever it is out there. And then the more you go and everything, and the further you go, you see the boat is on just a beeline right toward you. And you're starting get upset and angry at that guy in the boat. And doesn't he know what he's doing? Doesn't he understand that he's going to collide with me and then you just get closer and closer to the boat and finally

you'd say i got to get out of this guy's way you're upset you're angry you're frustrated because this guy's going to knock me out and as you go by the other boat that's headed towards you you see that the boat is empty there's no one on the boat who did you who did you get mad at who are you mad at who are you upset with there's nobody driving the boat and for a lot of the things that this helps me it might not help anyone else but it certainly helps me i discovered that i was getting upset about things that when the boat was really empty and but a fool gets upset about everything his wrath is known the same day i like that a fool just gets upset by everything that comes along in his life everybody's doing something to

him it's everybody else's fault not his fault i learned two words you know what they are doc i learned two words this year uh in a private conversation i was expressing my thoughts to someone getting and i was receiving god lay advice okay and um he he said rick i'm going to give you two words when you encounter these kind of frustrations just say so what I started to smoke so what yeah he goes just say so what

I started doing it right things happen it's our motto around the office now it is our motto now we'll just go things happen yeah we'll peek into somebody's office and say hey

so what and it just I'm telling you if you use it you will be amazed at how much you eliminate stress something breaks something falls off a shelf in your house just say so what just so what okay somebody says something bad about you you hear about it somebody says hey you know i heard something so talking about so what and so what right whatever happened just say so what just go on with your life don't let the devil put thoughts in your mind about hey oh boy you better be upset about this one no so what yeah and in the

greater scheme of things usually the things that we are finding ourselves getting upset about really really have no bearing over the overall scheme of things in our life yes i see people we're saying they're what philosophy comes in a lot of people are saying they're going to adopt it today yeah let me know this week how it worked for you all right next book so what so what you know that's how i feel about the news now so what yeah hey did you hear did you hear what the democrats are so what so what did you hear what the what the globalists are do so what they've been doing it for a long time so what if i got upset about it what would that do nothing not a thing it's nothing so why am i i i'm going to focus on my relationship with the lord and my happiness with him and i'm going to do everything i can to stay in his presence in his peace right okay so saying so what doesn't mean I don't care right it's a difference yes it doesn't mean I don't care I do care but it's not going to affect me right it's just not going to affect me I'm not going to let some kind of physiological reaction take place in my in my body stress cortisol all that kind of not going to happen okay right it defeats

uses the emotion of the situation that's that's what i've learned from this recently is that you know sometimes we react quickly without uh really thinking through on what the implications are about something we just shoot from the hip shoot from the gut you know and then find ourselves in deeper trouble than we were before that's right so fools don't say so what fools lack self-control and they burst out immediately with their frustration and they don't give any thought to what's coming out of their mouth. It's a fool's wrath is presently known.

It means you're going to know it now. It's going to come out now. In the immediate or out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. People with quick tempers cause strife. they damage relationships and they dishonor God that's the thing

people who call themselves Christians and they're always arguing and always causing stress and division do they not understand that they dishonor God and the church of Jesus Christ yeah that ought to be

enough to shut your mouth it's just a reproach on the name of Christ to see Christians arguing and bickering and speaking negative things about each other. That is a reproach on Christ. You zip your lips and shut up. Rick, there's a guy on social media that is intent on, and you know, if you want to believe in the flat earth, that's fine.

I don't have any problem with it. Believe in what? If you believe in a flat earth, I don't know. Okay. There's a fellow on social media that is an intent on convincing me that the earth is flat, okay? He's intent, and he gets upset with me when I don't agree with him. And I really upset him last week when I said, listen, whether the earth is flat, around a cube, a tetrahedron, it really doesn't matter. I'm still going to have to pay my mortgage payment and my car payment. and both of them are going to burn up when christ comes back that's right it's all going to burn

we're getting a brand new heaven and brand new earth it might be flat for all i know but it's not going to matter to me so what yeah so what okay to the flat earthers just just walk to the edge and take a picture and show it to me just go go to the very edge and look down and take a photograph and send it to me. But until then, I'm going to say, so what? I got other things to think about. Right. And these are basically distractions away from the gospel message. That's the thing that gets me. Fools wear their feelings on their face. Everybody wears their feelings on their face. Happy people have happiness on their face. Fools have unhappiness, depression, anger, whatever it is. They can be angry, their faces could be angry or they could be depressed. A count on it's,

my wife is so bad. Why is that any more enjoyable to be around than somebody who's angry and cursing? I, you know, both are, I don't want to be around either one of them. They make mountains out of molehills. They exactly, see, what do you do? You magnify. Whatever you magnify, you make it bigger. Their impatience with their words and their anger reveals their immaturity. But a prudent man.

a prudent man or woman covers change. So what is prudence? This is wisdom in action. The ability to control your impulses, the ability to discern the right time to say something and the right things to say at the right time. It's prudence. The King James translators use the term

coverth shame. It's not excusing sin. What it really means is restraining your passion, overlooking someone else's offenses. You've been insulted, so what? See, the next time somebody insults you, just say, so what? Next time that relative at a family event who always likes to stick it in you, to get a reaction out of you. The next time he or she does it, just go, so what?

They won't know what to do. They will not have any idea of what to do. I think that's what's pretty right. Yeah, somebody at work, you like to put that dig in, you know, to embarrass you in front of your coworkers, just go, so what? I like Sebastian in our chat live right now. He says, I know the word I use. And.

Yeah. And. So you've made your statement, and. They want you to react. They want you to care. But a prudent man coverth shame. Yes. It's not covering up sin.

It's not, you know, hiding somebody's sin, but there's, you know, wisdom in not, you know, wisdom in not, you know, hiding an insult, hiding an embarrassment, then exploding, rather than exploding with, by holding your peace by keeping your anger under control holding your words in even when you're justified to let it just let it rip until but holding your peace you prevent escalation and you you bring reconciliation and calmness instead of conflict even if you can't reconcile you've prevented an explosion what did we see would Jesus in his passion

that is the ultimate example of enduring insult and injuries with patience and love they whipped him they beat him they pulled his whiskers out of his face they put a crown of thorns on his head and he

didn't respond to them right Adam Clark the full blur of out his resentment immediately the wise man, though he may feel wrong, suppresses it and does not betray it. Albert Barnes, a fool, shows all his anger at once. A wise man restrains it and passes over an insult. Alexander McLaren, the quick temper proclaims itself, but the wise man has learned silence. The one makes enemies, the other makes peace.

William are not the fool lets his anger blaze forth the prudent man quenches the spark before it grows into flame to cover shame is the triumph of wisdom Robert Horton wrath betrayed is folly betrayed but prudence hides anger and in hiding conquers it excuse me We've got a couple more here to go. Getting close to our time limit here. Verse 17. He that speaketh truth, showeth forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit. World English Bible, he who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies. So he that speaks truth shows forth righteousness. speaking truth is not neutral it actively displays righteousness because truthful words reveal

integrity and justice and reverence for for god's standards for god himself it says shows forth it means it makes the righteousness visible it's a testimony to others yes you take a stand and you say no here's the truth so a truthful witness builds trust and stabilizes relationships and promotes peace and harmony among people so truth in a person's speech is the evidence of a righteous heart and for the righteous man or woman speaking truth is both a duty and delight

but a false witness deceit a false witness speaks with intent to mislead lies always carried deceit why else would you lie if you're not deceiving lies and deceit are

synonymous a lie is a verbal expression of mental deception. The person has made a decision to deceive another person, and therefore they tell a lie. The purpose of the lie is to deceive. But the deception was first originated in the heart as a plan, an evil device, the scheme. lies destroy trust they injure others they wreck relationships a false

a false witness hey it made it to the top 10 of the big ones it's on the 10 commandments it's up there in the top 10 that's how much god condemns telling a falsehood about another person Charles Bridges truth and righteousness truth is righteousness in words false witness is deceit in words the tongue is either the glory or the shame of man Alexander McLaren speech is an index of character the truth speaker proclaims righteousness the liar proclaims his own deceit william are not the true witness lets righteousness shine the false witness paints deceit but the paint soon teals off oh i like that that's a good one there's are not watch out for those i've got that bar in the book yet i like that one you got to watch out for

those scottish christians then they tell it like it is i can hear and just say it with a scottish accent too paints appealing my boy so he said the false witness paints deceit but the paint peels off in other words it's there it is you see it he said are not said truth his strength lies or weakness all right verse 18 this is the last for the day there is that speak of like the piercing of a sword but the tongue of the wise is health praise god rash careless malicious words are compared to to the thrust of swords every time somebody speaks a vicious mean-spirited hate-filled word towards another person it's the same as pushing a sword into their heart why it's sharp it's sudden it's painful

the one who does it walks away grinning i got that one in yeah yeah that they didn't see that coming see that's the narcissist the covert passive aggressive they're passive aggressive they're passive oh come be be around me oh nobody's looking now i'm aggressive yeah okay Then somebody's coming. Oh, pull the sword out. Everybody. They're passive aggressive. But they take delight in wounding you.

That's their sport. And you groaning from the pain of their words is their energy. It's their nart supply. They're sucking it up like a vampire. Oh, you're hurting. Gee, what happened to you? That's their energy. Don't feed them.

When they say, when they call your name, so what? Or Sebastian. And? And. You know. And so what? What's your point? What's your point?

Okay. The sword isn't going in. It hit something. It can't get in your heart. but words inflict deep wounds from people those words come through slander and gossip and criticism and angry speech and reckless chatter remember what we said at the beginning of this study words are seeds they produce a harvest not only in the person that they were directed at, but they come back,

they boomerang and come back and hit you. That's right. Every divorce was caused by words. Every wrecked friendship was caused by words. Yes. That's what did it. somebody spoke words that destroyed a relationship somebody spoke words that separated family members somebody spoke words that that that split a church yes words words words and words

somebody speaks words in a marriage and one day the other partner says I can't take any more of this I'm gone I got I got to leave to get away from your words wake up call to somebody out there today either you're the one inflicting word pains on your spouse or your spouse is inflicting word pains on you but one of you let and get away from it to get away from the words it's the words that's splitting the marriage

it's the words that dividing families so word wounds are not easily healed they can last for years and it it takes the balm the salve of the Holy Spirit to heal those wounds God has to go in and do inner healing in you

It's to open you up. See, Jesus was, what did Isaiah say, doc, wounded for our transgressions? Yes. Bruise for our iniquities. What's a bruise? A wound is an external cut. A bruise is an internal damage. A bruise, you've been hurt on the inside.

right but jesus was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities he heals both right and he did it on the cross he healed our external hurts and our internal hurts on the cross and a lot of those sins that we commit are with these things sitting on our head right here that's right david cried out lord put watch over my lips that i might not sin against you he was concerned about it i he said he said my lips are going to make me sin oh lord put a guard on it put a guard on those lips and why because there were people trying to hurt him and he didn't want to sin by saying things about them that's when you're in danger of sinning with your mouth is when somebody is trying to hurt you now the one that's hurting you is doing it usually with their words so they're

already sinning the fool doesn't even know he or she is sinning with their mouth they're fools because they're self-deceived second part of this verse 18 says but the tongue of the wisest health hallelujah the same words the same lips that can wound can also heal your words can be medicine your words can bring healing your words can bring peace your words can bring restoration to other people your words can encourage the weary your words can restore the broken so how do you use your words that's the message here john gill some speak in anger passion and fury whose words are like sword piercings but the tongue of the wise is mild gentle and healing

hallelujah charles bridges the tongue is a mighty instrument for good or evil the full wounds the wise heals christ's lips were full of grace the perfect model of wise speech the perfect model of wise speech. Albert Barnes, words may wound like a sword or they may heal like medicine. The issue depends on whether they are rash or wise. Alexander McLaren, the tongue may be an assassin's dagger or a physician's bomb. Each man must choose whether to wound or to heal. William are not, the tongue is either a sword or a salve.

rash words pierce wise words soothe the wound the wounds of the one may last a lifetime the healing of the other endures forever praise god okay doc that's it for today amen great lesson today the power of these lips folks and as believers we should be the example for everybody else uh you know watching how these lips operate it's unfortunate that in my, it's hard to believe, but in one way or another, I've been involved in ministry in one way or another for 45 years. It doesn't seem like that's even possible, but I guess it is because that's how old I am. And I can't tell you how many times over those decades have I encountered believers who have sinned with their lips constantly. I don't know if they were believers, to be honest with you, looking back, because how can you continually sin with

your mouth and call yourself a believer. Yeah, I don't think you can. These same lips that confess Christ can't continue to spout lies and deceit and pain in others. You just can't. You know, the spring reveals the source. So anyway, I could do another lesson there. So, folks, we got Megafire available right now at megafire. that's megafire.world and I want to encourage you get your copy we are sending

copies of the book out every single day and we appreciate your feedback on this those of you who have already received it you've given us very positive feedback with your words thank you and you've let us know that this has been you know an informant book and a preparation book for you it's a different kind of what we call a Christian book a different kind it's It's not, you wouldn't call it a prophecy book, but I would call it a preparation book. There are some chapters in there where I reveal a lot about my personal life over my lifetime, things that I've never really talk about. So it's all in the book, but I wrote it to show people why I've arrived at this point to write Megafar.

So get the book, get two of them, hand, get one to some. somebody else and then today keep track of how many opportunities you had to say so what yeah you've got some new tools today so what and this two shall pass why lots of it hey one more thing about Megafire before we sign off for today some of you have asked if you could order this by mail and they answer that question is yes And I've posted in our chat today several times what you can do to get this book by mail. Some of you prefer to do it that way. And so you can.

And that is for, that's for what you put it is for the U.S. So we need also have because the international shipping is higher. Right. So what I've been posting in the chat is just for U.S. only. And so if you want to know the international pricing, message me. I'll get it to you directly, okay? And it's easy to message me here on Faith and Days. Folks do it all the time.

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everything because doing it by check takes a little extra time process some things and so but if you want to hey we make it available to you so i wanted to make sure those that had asked that question had it answered today so Either way, get your copy. Right. And it will be on Amazon very soon. Not the autograph version. We can't do it with Amazon.

But it will be on Amazon. And the e-book will be on Amazon soon. Right. Audio book, it's going to take some months. All right. Well, listen, once again, as Rick mentioned earlier, we have some disruption to our schedule this week, positive, a disruption that we're taking care. We'll be having morning manna of the next two days,

but you're going to see a little bit different. But I encourage you to stay tuned. We've got lessons for the next couple days for you already. And then we'll be back here with you on Friday as well with Faith Friday. So I'll be praying for us. We're going through a lot of changes in here internally and a lot of things are happening this week. And there are some times we're going to have opportunities to say so what and other opportunity to say yes lord and so he's going to give us opportunity to put proverbs into practice this week amen any final words rick i hate to say any last words that sounds like you're about in face the firing squad no no we'll see you tomorrow all right god bless you folks we love you and we'll see on the next morning man

Thank you.