Passage Read: Proverbs 26-29
Meditation Verse: 29:20
Thought
Chapter 26 gave an extensive description of a fool, and there seems no hope for a fool to be saved from his foolishness, apart from God who can do the impossible. Here it says there is more hope for a fool than for a man who speaks in haste. I always want to be one of those guys who has a quick wit, but this suggests that is no admirable trait. The one who speaks in haste may say many clever things, but how many of them are actually foolish? But the one who is slow to answer has time to evaluate his response before the Lord, and ensure that nothing harmful exits his mouth.
Application
To be quick-witted is actually more dangerous than being a fool! If it seems a fool has little hope of salvation, how much less a quick-witted man? He is more full of himself and wiser in his own eyes than even a fool! My ambition should not be to be the first to think of some clever response to what another has said. My ambition should be to use my mouth only for wholesome, beneficial words that can help those who listen.