The things we say can bring us strife
like floggings, shame and ruined life.
But, they might also satisfy
our needs to know and pacify.
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The ways we speak reveal our state:
the poor will plead, the rich berate.
When swift to speak before we’ve heard
We’re seen as fools by our own word.
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We trap ourselves by things we say:
betraying others’ private way;
We fall to folly’s drowning pow’r
while missing wisdom’s cleansing show’r.
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Source: Proverbs 18:4,6,7,8,13,20,21,23
Text: © David Alexander, 2021
Tune: Adon Olam, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2011/Score/SingNowWithJoy-AdonOlam.pdf
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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