Remove Crooked Speech And Keep Your Lips From Deceit

Midrash Mishlei 4:2

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·

(Proverbs 4:24): "Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth" - this is evil speech, which is as severe as the shedding of blood. "And put the deviousness of lips far from you" - that you should not speak with your fellow one thing with the mouth and another in the heart.

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SpeechEthicsSin

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