The Book of Proverbs can be a humbling or even humiliating read. For every verse that lulls us into self-satisfaction of our righteousness comes another that aims its arrows at our own hearts too.

Proverbs 12:18 - "There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing." Proverbs 18:21 confirms this by saying, "Death and life are in the power of the ...