Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you. For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.
Solomon was a king and master politician. He learned the art of the spoken word and could articulate his thoughts better than almost any man. He was able to realize that even though a person spoke a certain phrase, we need to be careful. Every man's words are not always every man's thoughts and what is in his heart ... we have all said things we realized we didn't mean ... a curse or an inappropriate phrase. I write this devotional two day's after a presidential election. The election season is filled with statements that people land on every word. During the election coverage commentators say things and people land on every word or phrase. Solomon warns us about "landing on" every word in this proverb, of sorts. If we take "seriously" every word we hear we will soon find that many, many people say things they wish they shouldn't and we will often do so ourselves. When we are catching others in their sin of "too many words" we must remember that we too are caught in the same fix. Watch our words but remember to not watch everyone else's so close.
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