Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your
servant cursing you.
Ecclesiastes 7:21 (NKJV)
A little
selective hearing at times is just what is needed. We can be so careless in the
words we speak. What horror would strike us if folks could hear everything we
say and took it seriously. We might suffer a great many troubled relationships.
There is wisdom
in silence, and strength is displayed by ignoring many of the foolish and meaningless things
that people utter in this world. “The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his
glory is to overlook a transgression.” Proverbs 19:11
Better yet, why not be slower to
speak at all. So much trouble is ignited by loose talk. A
bit more thought before we launch our tongues would cost very little and
benefit both us and our hearers.
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