August 9

August 9
Scorching Speech

The effect of the scoundrel’s lies, innuendos, exaggerations and misrepresentations is scorching speech.


Proverbs 16
27 A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

We must remember that a scorching fire is not necessarily a blazing one. It can be a slow and steady burning fire which continues to ravage the earth slowly and surely get at the roots of things.

Considering our text we cannot, therefore, always identify a scoundrel by what one would call blazing inflammatory speech. It is rather as if every word is calculated to destroy something in order to gain the advantage the rogue wants. The effect of the scoundrel’s lies, innuendos, exaggerations, half truths and misrepresentations is scorching speech. If not stopped or confronted he will gain advantage by the pathway of destruction. Let us not ever wait to confront the scoundrel’s methods or we will be consumed. That is the painful cost of vigilance and the only way personal freedoms may be maintained.