There was a time in my life, I regret to say, when I prided myself in clever repartee. It was never my intention to hurt anyone. I just wanted to be admired by people for my quick wit and verbal skills. Then one day, a colleague said to me in a thoughtful way, "I would rather be kind than clever." That quiet comment shook me to the core, and the memory served forever after as a check on my foolish pride (although not always with total success).
Like a maniac shooting
flaming arrows of death
is one who deceives their neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”
flaming arrows of death
is one who deceives their neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”
(Proverbs 26:18-19)
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