Good morning, everybody. Sure is a pretty day out there, ain't it? Lovely day. I'm happy for it. All right, open your Bibles this morning to Proverbs chapter 15. Proverbs chapter 15. Let's just do it that way. Proverbs chapter 15. I want to talk this morning about this subject right here. Wholesome tongues, idle words, and broken spirits. Well, that covers a broad brushstroke, doesn't it? Well, it all is connected. Really, I guess what I'm really talking about this morning is the importance that we put on how we talk to each other. Now, there's a lot that can be said about, I guess you could like separate it out and say, there's the way I talk to people outside my home. And then there's a way I talk to the people inside my home. But the truth is, is that, um, And well, let me quote this one here in Matthew 12 verse 36 and 37 Jesus said this he said but I say unto you That every idle word that men shall speak They shall give account thereof in the day of judgment For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. I That's heavy. That's a very sobering thought. And I've heard it talked about, or I've heard it said and quoted and all this, all my life. Every idle word, you're gonna give account for every idle word you say, every idle word you say. Well, what does idle mean? It means it's not doing anything on purpose. It's kind of just, When a truck is sitting there and the motor's running, but it's just idling, it's not going anywhere, it's just burning up gas, it's running for no reason, just sitting there. And idle words are the same thing. You ever hear somebody that says a lot of things, but they don't really say anything? They speak a lot of words, but they don't really have anything to say? That's idle words. You ever hear anybody that says like 700 times every sentence that they say, like I was going like down to the, like, and it's, it's, they call them filler words. And it's because people don't think about what they're going to say before they say it. They have to be talking in order to get the talking stick. And then they have it, but they've not thought about what they were going to say. And you'll see people interject themselves into a conversation, or if there's a group and we're all talking, somebody else will start talking before one person's done talking so that they get the next opportunity to talk. But then everybody shuts up and they start talking, but then they don't. They've not thought about what they were going to say, so they say idle words. And with that thought in mind, what we say, there ought to be intention behind it. Purposeful conversation, things that we say, that we have thought about, that we're going to say to somebody. In a conversation, I don't know, one of the things that I have found about my own self is that especially if it's something that you're passionate about or that you have done a lot of thinking about and you're very wound up about when you're talking about this subject with someone. You'll say a whole lot of things because it's just like rapid fire, rapid fire. It's like the first thing you ever see that game show where that's the thing, you know, they'll say the first thing that comes to your mind when I say butterflies and just, you know, your immediate response, like the first thing that pops in your head, don't think about it, just say it. Well, that's the way a lot of folks just kind of live their life and talk. And it's a habit that you make in your life. And what happens is, is that you'll just get to where that's how you talk to everyone. You'll say things, you know, you'll hear, you've heard me say how that she's told me before, you know, what you said wasn't mean, but your tone was, it sounded like you were angry. Of course, I've been indignant about that and said, well, that's not true. I'm not the one with the problem. You guys just, they're hearing it wrong, whatever. But the truth is, is that I can speak to my dogs that don't even speak English. They're dogs. But I can say, Della, you're a good pup. And she'll sit down and look at me with love in her eyes. And if I say, Della, you're a good pup, she'll get down on the ground and Why? It was the tone of my voice. It was the way I said what I said. They don't understand words, but they understand tone. Ain't that funny how that transcends humans and animals? Both God's creation, but the emotion that is behind the way we say the things we say carries over. So Jesus said that he said, pay attention to what you're saying, because you're going to give account for all the things that you say with no intention. You're going to give account for it. And he said, for by thy words, thou shalt be justified. And by thy words, thou shalt be condemned. Ooh. Oh, mercy, mercy. That's a, that's scary. Really? It's kind of scary. Because have you ever been talking to somebody and they said, well, you remember when you said this? And I'm like, I don't remember saying that at all. Yeah, but you said it. Yeah, but I don't remember it. But everybody else remembers you saying, how do you not remember what you said? Because you're saying a lot of things you're not thinking about. Okay, we got that established. So in Proverbs, let's look at, I'm gonna read, I've got like six or eight scriptures here to read, but we're gonna read through them. First scripture that I wanna read here is Proverbs chapter 15, verse number, let's read number four. This is kind of our primary scripture here for what we're talking about today. Proverbs 15 verse four says this, a wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. So in this scripture, in this verse right here, we have two perspectives that's being looked at. There is wholesome and there's perverse. So when you think wholesome, what do you think? It's something that's good for you, right? Something that is good for everybody, something that's wholesome. What about perverse? Well, everybody immediately thinks of one of two things. They either think of profane, like someone who is just a profane speaker, talker, got a dirty mouth, or someone that's a pervert. Okay. Someone that's just perverted. Their, their, their conversation is gutter. It's, it's, you know, their mind's in the gutter. Their conversation always has innuendo and it's perverse. But that's not really what perverse means here. So let's take a look at it. Wholesome means this, tending to promote health. Okay, that makes sense. Contributing to the soundness and health of the mind. It means useful. Wholesome means useful. Wholesome means favorable to morals, religion, and prosperity. Okay, well that's a good description, a full, well-rounded description of the word wholesome. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. Remember last week we talked about a tree of life a little bit. Wholesome tongue, well, what's your tongue for? It's for talking. And so what it's implying here, what it means is that the words that come off of a wholesome tongue, they don't ever bring anything but life to the people who hear them. They feed something in other people, good, something good. They uplift, they build up, they are good for other people, it's good. But perverseness, it says, but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. What's perverseness mean? Well, this is what Mr. Webster said. Perverse means a disposition to cross or vex. It means crossness of temper. Well, you ever met anybody that that's what they provoke with their words out of everybody that they talk to? Everybody that they meet. Boy, it's a pretty day, ain't it? Well, yeah, but this pollen is killing me. What about the rain? I'm sure thankful for the rain. We've had enough rain. Blah, blah, blah, blah. And that's just what we're just talking about the weather. I mean, how people gloss it over and call them funny names like a Debbie Downer or somebody who's just a negative Nancy or you know what I mean, but in all reality, Someone who is perverse in their words this way to the words that come out of their mouth, whether it's the words and the tone, whether it's just the words or whether it's just a tone. Cause Hey, you ever heard of passive aggressivism? Somebody can say. You know I love you, but you really shouldn't do that, don't you think? You know, just, I don't know. It's like the hug, I love you, and they're sticking a knife into your back at the same time. That's perverse. You know why? Because it's not honest. It is something that the intention of is not to help you. It's to correct you because someone else thinks that they are right and you are wrong. Does that mean that there's things you're right about and things that other people are wrong about? Absolutely. There's things I'm wrong about that I need correction on. But what did you read that, it was Wednesday night, remember that verse that I looked up after church and said, you know, which one of you, Having been given something, I can't remember. What hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received it, why are you acting like you haven't received it from someone else, you know? You're being fake. You're being the epitome of hypocrisy. You're living that. And perverseness, it involves every bit of that, every bit of it. Whether it's just somebody with this very harsh, cutting words that just drive nails right into your hands, or else it's disguised as kindness and concern and love, but it's still just as corrosive and harmful. I've seen every brand of it, certainly have, and you have too. So let's talk about a couple of things here, things that our words can do. Proverbs 15 one says this, a soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. You ever experienced that? Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Our words can diffuse a bad situation. I've seen, I know people and it's just like their gift. I say it's a gift, but honestly, it's something that you got to do on purpose. Blessed are the peacemakers. There's a group of people that dedicate their life. making peace to be in the people that say, listen, let's all calm down for a second. Let's just talk about this. That's not really what he meant. That's not what she meant. You're ever, somebody come to you and say, you ain't going to believe what somebody said to me. They made me so mad. They said something so hurtful. And I've said that to people. And they look at me and say, well, let's talk about what we know about these folks. You believe they love you. Well, yes, but why'd they have to say that? Well, do you know what was going on with them that day? Well, no, not really. Well, give them a little grace, because you never know what they might be going through. And who knows, they may be feeling bad about it right now. I'm going to come apologize to you. And you see, peacemaker. Not somebody that says, well, I'll tell you what I'd tell you. If I was you, this is what I'd tell them. I'd tell them this. Well, blah, blah, blah, and this and that and the other, and one, two, and bam, bam, bam. That'll set them straight. Is that making peace? Absolutely not. A soft answer turneth away wrath, turns away wrath. But grievous words stir up anger. Our words can diffuse a bad situation or they can make a bad situation worse. Oh, the stories that can be told about that. Our words can beat people down and destroy them, or they can build them up and protect them and give them some confidence, not just in themselves, but in you. You know, it does wonders for a person's spirit when they know that even one person in this world cares about them and has got their back. You know what I mean? Proverbs chapter 14 and verse 13, or verse 3, I'm sorry, says this, in the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. And you preached, you've been preaching that series on pride. And I'm telling you right now that that what you said there Wednesday night was the absolute truth. It's the bait. It is the, it's the base ingredient of all sin, all sin. It is the original sin. Lucifer's sin was that he swelled up with pride. And in the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride. Think about that. There's another verse that says this, and I used to hear this a lot growing up. I didn't write it down, but the first part of it says this. The mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. And that was always understood, like I understood that to be kind of like what the Spanish word is for it is tonterias, just nonsense, silliness. But foolishness is, is a lot more grievous than just somebody who just tells jokes continuously. Foolishness is untruth. Foolishness is bad counsel. Foolishness is seeds of doubt. Foolishness is seeds of anger. Foolishness is disrespect for everyone. I'm going to tell you something right now. A person who says, I respect that man right there, but I don't respect that person right there. Guess what? They don't respect that man right there either. That man right there is one sentence away from being in the same camp as this man. Because you wanna know why? In the mouth of fools is a rod of pride. There is no mercy. Rod, what did the Bible say? What did Proverbs say? Rod's for the fool's back. And yet the fool wields his own rod. And it's right off the end of his tongue. And it's fueled by his pride and his arrogance. In what? In what he thinks he knows. See, this world promotes confidence, self-confidence, and don't get me wrong, in its own context, it's really important because it can be destroyed in a person too and destroy their life. It can make them a victim to every single person they meet. However, it's a very, very dangerous thing because confidence must be in the Lord. David said, my confidence is in God. Well, if you have confidence in God and you know that He has confidence in you, then it kind of goes without saying that it's kind of not described the right way to call it self-confidence. But you're not lacking confidence. But the world says, put your confidence in yourself. Build yourself up, make yourself intelligent, go to school, learn everything you can. Why? So your self-confidence is where it needs to be. Why? So you can go out and be assertive and take what's yours in this life. And it immediately turns into a rod of pride. I know people, man, I know this one guy and I've known him for many years and I've watched him evolve through the different stages of his life. And now he's at this point in his life where he really is, he needs the Lord in his life and he recognizes it. But in the manner of most fools, he has found a way to have God and still have the rod of his pride. And so, in one sentence, he's speaking. mercy, humility. And then the next sentence out of his mouth, he's, you know, on a public social media forum, just running some body into the ground over, I mean, just calling them names and basically publicly shaming them for their incompetence and what he thinks they should be better at. Like people that work at McDonald's or something. I mean, that's one of his favorite targets. And it's like, man, then he'll be on there talking about his testimony and how God's helped him and all this stuff. And no one takes him serious because he's cruel. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Why? Because in their mouth is a rod of pride. Your words, they can inspire joy and smiles. or they can break a heart and break a spirit. Proverbs 15, 13 says, a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Yeah. But by sorrow of the heart, the spirit is broken. So think about this. You have, well, don't let me get ahead of myself. A wholesome tongue is because of a wholesome heart. You're not going to be a fool with a rod of pride in your mouth and be wholesome and have wholesome things to say. Matter of fact, if you can quote some wholesome things from other people, they won't carry the same weight. Just like what I got through saying about this guy. He says things that could be uplifting if his spirit was right, but everything else about his spirit is cruel. And so the good things that he says are like what lots children thought of him. He was as one who mocked. They never took him serious because they didn't know if he was making fun or if he was being serious of wholesome things. Why? Well, it's because of his tongue. That's part of it. A wholesome tongue is because of a wholesome heart. Proverbs 15, 7 says this, the lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart Of the foolish doeth not so. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Well, what is dispersing? Is that just shotgunning it all over everything? No, it's a word fitly spoken. It's knowledge. Didn't say wisdom, it said knowledge. But just because you know something don't mean everybody else has to know that you know it. It's not going to change people's opinion about you, about you informing them about how much you know. I'll never forget this. When I first went to work for someone besides working with dad and he had taught me a lot about carpenter work and stuff like that. And I went to work for a contractor. And before I left that first day, he looked at me and he said, listen, if he tries to teach you how to do something, don't tell him that you already know how to do it. Even if you know, just let him teach you. Because he said, there's a chance that he's going to teach you his way of doing it and that's how you need to do it. You don't need to look at him halfway through him explaining it and say, I know how to do this. I already know how. He doesn't care if you know how. What he cares about is that you know how he wants it done. And I took that advice and it happened that very morning. As soon as I got there, he didn't know what I knew. It wasn't really my job to inform him about what I knew. A wise man receiveth instruction. See, see that was that right there was dispersing knowledge to me. And then I went and took his counsel and let that man disperse his knowledge to me, see. And for better or worse, he didn't count me a fool. It was very good counsel. And it come right from the Bible right here. That's what it means. The mouth, let's see, the wholesome tongue says smart, helpful things, and it's intentional with its conversation and its counsel. The mouth and the words in the heart of a fool, no, they're a rod of pride. A rod implies pain. You ever have somebody say something that was hurtful to you and they didn't have the foggiest London clue that they had hurt your feelings with what they said. But you and even people that were standing around listening were uncomfortable because of what they said to you. I've had people come to me, I worked a job one time, boss come in there and give me a good chewing for something I didn't do. All the other guys waited till he left and then they come by me one by one and they were like, we're sorry he said that to you. We know it wasn't your, you know, kind of basically they said, look, he just sits in his office and he kind of doesn't really matter because he doesn't know what goes on out here. We know you didn't do it. That's all that matters. Hang in there. You'll be all right. That's because he was an arrogant little man. Sure was. I remember his name. I can take you to the house he used to live in. He lived in Virginia. He made an impression on me, but not the right way. Rod. It's painful. It's painful. It implies a superiority complex. A fool will always think he knows best. His opinion will be the best opinion of the conversation, no matter what conversation he's in. He'll even insert himself into other people's conversations to give them his opinion, which is the best opinion. He is self-proclaimed superior to everyone around him. Fool. He's not just telling stupid jokes over and over. No, he's cruel. He's cruel. He's arrogant. He feels superior. He feels like he's better. He feels like he's smarter than everyone else. And pride is just self-justification for all of that. Rod of pride. So people who always have something sharp and cunning and insulting or short or impatient to say to others are almost always arrogant and prideful fools who only serve their own interest even with the good that they appear to do. When anger is provoked, you know, perverseness, What we was talking about there earlier in that scripture, a wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness therein, what does it do? It's a breach in the spirit. All right, let's talk about breach for a second. What does it mean to breach something? Back, when was it when the big flood happened and flooded over the dam up there? 17, the dam was breached. What happened? Catastrophe. It went over the emergency spillway, but that emergency spillway had never been used in all the years that the dam had been there. And so when the water finally started going over it, they really couldn't predict what it was going to do. And it washed out a miniature Grand Canyon, washed out HH, washed out everything. Just blowed it all out. Took months to fix it. It was a disaster. It was breached. Perverseness is a breach in the spirit. Even the tone with which I speak, even from up here, can breach your spirit. Back years ago, they'd build walls around cities and it was to protect the city from invaders and enemies. And the people that lived in the city had confidence in the walls of the city. because they felt protected. They were protected. But if the wall ever was breached by the enemy, what happened? What ensued after the breach? Well, panic, fear, catastrophe, overreaction, retreat, Losing your grip that they'd lose their grip on Reason and everybody just run scared if the wall was breached it almost a hundred percent of the time meant the war was done The battle was won because the wall was breached And it's saying here that your spirit can be breached your spirit can be breached by what by cruelty by perverseness By them words that come off the tongue of a fool that is the rod of pride. Your spirit can be breached. You can breach someone else's spirit by the words you say. That's a heavy thought to think about. It ought to provoke us to take very seriously every word we say. Why do you think Jesus said what he said, that scripture I read at the beginning there? He said, what was it? For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Why is that? Well, because your words do more than just convey your thought. They can breach someone's spirit. So what happens after the spirit is breached? Well, Proverbs 15, 13, we read it already. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart, that's the first thing. You breach someone's spirit, it makes their heart sorrowful. Maybe it happens from somebody you know and you love, and you think they love you, and they say they love you, but then they say something that cuts you to the quick, and it didn't even seem like it bothered them to say it. And you walk away from that conversation and your heart is sorrowful. Your spirit's been breached. That confidence you had in the protection and the safety of your relationship with someone has been breached. And now sorrow starts to creep into your heart. And you don't understand. You have questions and you don't have answers. But you don't know how to ask the questions about why did that happen? Why did you do that? Did I do something to provoke that out of you? Have I done something to offend you? There's all these questions you'll never get answers to, especially if you're dealing with a fool. You dare not ask them because if you ask them, they're going to do what they call nowadays, they will narcissistically put it right back on you. It's your fault. I said mean things to you because I love you and you need that. You need your heart, your spirit breached. You need your heart to be sorrowful because the things you do, I don't agree with you. They offend me. They rub me the wrong way. And you can say, well, that might not be the reason. No, it is. It's pride. Your pride makes you intolerant of anything that anybody else does that you don't do. I stand before you this morning very guilty of this for the better part of my life. Until somebody had the sand intentionally or not. to say, yeah, he said, this boy told me this one time. He's like, man, I really enjoyed the week with you. It's been such a great week with you. He said, I would have never thought 10 years ago we could have spent any time together like this at all. You was always so arrogant and prideful. I couldn't stand to be around you. And he said it in complete love and totally not trying to breach my spirit. And I walked away from that feeling very small. Cause I thought, really? All these years and I never thought that that was me. No, but it was. And it's a lot of us, man. Lots of people just fire from the hip with them words that come straight out of your foolish heart, man. You don't even consider the destruction in your wake because sorrow of heart isn't really visible. But you know what is? A broken spirit. By sorrow of heart, the spirit is broken. It's not breached anymore. It's broken. What in the world? You see people who, family members who just ain't talked to each other in years and you say, well, what happened? Y'all used to be so close. What happened? And you say, I don't know. Just one day they just quit talking to me. And I don't know. I don't know. Does that make any sense at all? Who do you reckon is behind all of that? Our family is no exception. I'll just tell you that right now. It's the devil. It's the devil. And it's, I feel we all share, we can't just blame it on the devil. Well, the mean old devil, he divides everyone, doesn't he? That's his game. The devil believes in free will too. Your free will aids and abets him just like your free will can surrender and do God's will. So at some juncture, we all need to really examine ourselves about this matter. You know, if you can honestly before God examine your heart and come up and say, I'm clean of this. Well, then that's a good place to be. But I challenge you to examine yourself and ask the Lord to reveal if any of it is on your behalf too. A lot of times, man, I've got people in my life right now that my attitude has been, you don't want to talk to me? Fine. I ain't gonna talk to you either. Matter of fact, you know what? My life has been smooth sailing, peaceful waters since you don't talk to me no more. You are a toxic person, and your involvement in my life don't do nothing but make the wind blow. And I don't like it, I don't need it, I don't need your drama, I don't need your lies, I don't need your backbiting, and I don't need your breaching my spirit. So, have a nice life. May the Lord judge between thee and me. and it's literally almost the rod of pride right out of my own mouth. And it's made me consider this, even if it's not my fault, if I'm going to be like Christ, don't I owe it to Him to just try again? I do. Maybe it's just one more time. Am I willing to be spent? Well, they're just going to turn around and crucify me again. Well, is it worth it if it would bring them back? Jesus thought it was. He sure did. And that's where the rubber meets the road. So how do you fix this? How do you fix this breached, broken spirit? How do you fix this foolish tongue of pride? How do you get things balanced back out to where they're supposed to be? Well, you just gotta go back. Retrace them steps and go back. Soft answers and lovely words. You know, you gotta be intentional with what you do. Have broken if you want to fix it, you got to be honest and say, I've been wrong about all these things. So if I'm not going to be this way no more, what do I got to do? Well, I got to stop doing this and this and this, I got to stop being this way and this way. And I got to stop saying these things and these things. And I got to go, I got to go make some things right with some people and, and smooth this back out. Get some forgiveness, show some repentance. Yeah. Soft answers, lovely words. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Grievous words stir up anger. So what's the opposite of grievous? Lovely, not grievous. How about that? This is deep theology. How about this? Using knowledge without pride or arrogance, like we talked about. Tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright, but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. He uses knowledge the right way. It isn't to manipulate people or to make yourself high and them low because you're smart and they're dumb. You know, you ever seen somebody It's got some mustard or something on their shirt or got something on their face and they don't know it. Do you call them out in front of the whole crowd and say, hey, wipe your face. You got a bat in the cave, you know? No. If you care at all about them people and you have any tact about you at all, you'll pull them aside and say, hey, here's your Kleenex. Got something in your nose. Got something on your face. Does that breach their spirit? Does it bring sorrow to their heart? Absolutely not. It builds that wall of protection and confidence around you both because of your words, because of how you did it. Yeah. Using knowledge without pride or arrogance. How do you fix this problem? Having a wholesome tongue because of a wholesome heart, not cross and confrontational and condescending and prideful. Wholesome words from a prideful heart are not wholesome. Always, you know, think about it when you're talking to your kids. I think back sometimes and I wish I could go back and just give me one more shot. When my kids was little, but the way I spoke to my kids, I always felt like I was loving to my children. But even in times when they needed correcting, I was, it wasn't wholesome. It just wasn't wholesome. Okay. And now that they're grown, I see little things where that there I am right there. I know exactly where it came from. It's not their fault. That's me. Wholesome. How do you fix this? Well, a merry heart. Be happy and content despite your circumstances. Don't let circumstances dictate your mood. Or how about this? Don't let circumstances dictate the look on your face. Long time ago, I preached a little message called your face says it for you. And what was so disconcerting about the COVID years when everybody had to wear their mask? Couldn't see their face. So you couldn't tell if somebody was smiling at you, if they were frowning at you, if they were sticking their tongue out at you, if they, you couldn't tell. And so how could you know what, what did that do to our society? It isolated us in a crowd. You know, it didn't help that they said six foot distancing, blah, blah, blah. No, the mask was enough to make you just isolate in the middle of a crowd. Why? Because your face says everything it needs to say. And when someone walks up and says, are you okay? And you're having a great day. And they say, are you doing all right? It's not their fault that they came and asked you that. It's your fault because you have a prune face. Your face is all drawed up like you're sucking on a lemon or something. Well, I feel fine. Then you get indignant. Why does everybody keep asking me what's wrong? I'm perfectly fine. You guys have heard me say that. Yeah. You want to know what's wrong? Everybody asked me what's wrong with me. I was fine until everybody started asking me what's wrong with me. Now I'm mad because everybody won't leave me alone. Stop asking me what's wrong with me. Oscar the grouch. It's not their fault. A merry heart and a cheerful face that will undo the breach. This will repair the sorrow of heart. This will repair, this will repair the broken spirit, man. It will do it. And then, you know, I just throw this in here, but you know, today is Mother's Day. And everybody, there's gonna be a thousands of messages preached all over this country today out of Proverbs 31 about the virtuous woman. But everything in that chapter about that virtuous woman don't amount to a hill beans if it ain't, if it doesn't, if it ain't for this verse right here. Proverbs 31 verse 26 says this. She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Do you know how many people that I talk to that say, I talked to a guy literally this week, older than me, grew up in a religious home. That's what he told me. He said, my dad didn't put up with nonsense, but he was fair and he wasn't cruel. He said, my mom was insane. He said she wouldn't tolerate what Dad would tolerate, but there was no kindness in her at all, he said, when it came to punishment. He said she'd just beat on us till she couldn't swing no more with whatever she could get her hands on. Does that sound like the law of kindness? The law is something that is the law. It's what you live your life by. We're all to have the law of kindness in us. but especially a mother. She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. That's talking about the words that she says. Skip a verse and it says this. Her children arise up and call her blessed. Her husband also and he praiseth her. Why? Because of all the stuff she sells and buys and how early she gets up in the morning and all the work that she does and all of the how handy she is? No. It's because when her mouth opens, it's not foolishness, it's not cruelty, it's kindness. The law of her life is kindness, and it comes out of her mouth first. It works that way for all of us, for all of us. Wholesome tongues, idle words, and broken spirits. It's a real problem in the world we live in today. It's a problem in the secular world. It's a problem in our churches. It's a problem in our homes. I know people that go to work and they're just got buddies and friends everywhere. Everybody thinks they're the greatest people in the world and their family won't even speak to them. And it don't make sense. Well, it does make sense. It's because everybody has this problem. So, let's just consider these things. Amen.