Hello, my friends and welcome back to the morning mindset. Hope you are ready to get your

mind aligned with the truth of God. If you're new to the morning mindset, welcome. I'm so

thankful you're here. Today we are diving into the book of Proverbs chapter 10 verses

19 through 21. All of these verses talk about the messages that we are communicating through

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into Proverbs chapter 10 verses 19 through 21. Here's how it reads,

When words are many transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. The

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

the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. Now, as you can see, all three of these

verses are themed around the idea of what comes about when we speak. Looking at it from the beginning

in verse 19, he says, When words are many transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips

is prudent. The transgression is another word for sin. It means transgressing against God's law

or doing the opposite of God's law. And so he says, When words are many, lots of sin comes about.

Now, think about that for a moment. I think what he's meaning is the more you talk, the more

opportunity you have to twist your words to make yourself look good and others look bad,

or to shade the truth. So you hide something where you feel guilty or that others might criticize.

You see, the more we speak, the more opportunity sin has to get in and to corrupt the interaction

that we're having with that other person. And he says, But whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Prudent is just another word for being wise. So he's saying, We really should be talking a lot less

than we are. We really should be people who as wise people are listening and are observing and

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