Bible Reading: Psalm 52
Key Verse: Verse 4 – “Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.”
Key Words: devouring words
You can read the story of David and Doeg in I Samuel 22.
David describes the person with a devouring tongue as being mischievous (verse 1), a person with sharp (cutting) words (verse 2), deceitful (verse 2), someone who loves evil (verse 3), someone who loves a lie more than the truth (verse 3).
Devouring is more than eating; it is ravenous, beastly. Have you ever seen sharks when they smell blood, or wild dogs in Africa on a hunt? That’s devouring.
When I was young, people would drop off their unwanted dogs in our neighborhood. Those dogs would pretty much do anything for food. I remember adopting one of these dogs. Of course, I did fail to tell my parents about the adoption. Well, anyway, that’s another story. I decided that the skinny fellow needed food so I gathered some together and put it in a bowl in the back yard and watched as he “devoured” the food. He didn’t just eat; he growled and hissed and chomped and bit and foamed at the mouth. He intended to leave nothing behind. So it is with devouring words. They cut and tear; they bruise and destroy. The person with devouring words is at war and their weapon is not an M-K but words…devouring words; and they will not be content until they see their prey destroyed or consumed. How animalistic! How depraved!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Remember, not only animals can be wild beasts. Avoid devouring humans.
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