Mishlei (Proverbs) 26b - "It Was Just a Joke!"

About this episode

The episode discusses the consequences of evil speech and the deceptive nature of sweet-sounding words that mask ill intent.

Evil speech has consequences. The person who dresses up his ill intent with sweet sounding speech, is like one who covers a clay pot in silver. One day he will fall into the pit he dug for himself.

People in this episode

Host: SAUL J WEINREB

Topics covered

• evil speech
• consequences
• ill intent
• metaphor
• wisdom literature

Keywords

• evil speech
• consequences
• Proverbs
• wisdom
• metaphor

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mishlei (Proverbs)

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