12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
goes about with crooked speech,
13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
This chapter is home to that classic passage "Seven Things God Hates", but right before that is this paragraph. The fool destroys relationships by twisting the truth, telling one person one thing, while winking to another person that he is really lying, using all sorts of gestures to make false accusations against others, coming up with plans to make others look bad and himself look good. He does everything in his ability to control the situation by turning people on one another. Sometimes it seems like these people get away with it, but ultimately, suddenly, it will catch up to them. Let's be wise enough to value relationships and not destroy them.
Questions: Have I in some way caused strife between others, sowing the seeds of discord? Have I told half-truths to get my way? Have I made accusations that are not try, destroying someone's trust in me?
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