A strange evil...
"The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things." (Proverbs 15:28 ESV)
It's hard to hear this, but God equates speaking without thinking to "evil things". Equally hard to hear, God equates speaking without thinking as the work of the "wicked".
The point of the proverb above is to say the righteous seek wisdom and righteousness when giving an answer, but the wicked just say whatever comes to their mind. The righteous consider God, consider the consequences of their counsel, weigh the wisdom --or lack thereof-- of their words; they slow their roll a
nd make sure they're not speaking without regard to the Lord. The wicked just spit it out without thinking what God might say about such idle words.
Social media alone, by the definition of Proverbs 15:28, is filled with so much "evil" that the world would be better if we simply slowed down, sought God's face and looked into His word in responding to things.
It seems like a strange evil that our quickly spoken words could be considered evil, but when one considers what it really represents, it's easy to see it's not strange at all.
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