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Friday, May 22, 2026
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Plain English
Solomon says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue," and that those who love it will eat its fruit. Words can wound like a weapon or feed someone like bread. The fruit of the tongue is what we live with afterward. A sentence sent in anger can stay long after the mood has cooled.
Devotional
Your hand hovers over the phone while you are still hot, ready to leave words you would hate to hear played back. They would feel powerful for ten seconds and ugly for ten days. Life and death really do sit that close to the tongue. You set the phone down until you can speak a sentence you would want repeated.
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