The Kitchen Table Devotional
David Day 105
But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelek, you and your whole family. ”
17 Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.”
1 Samuel 22:16-17
It’s important to understand the power of a lie. Proverbs says, “A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin. (Proverbs 26:28) When we lie, we expose those around us to harm and death. Believing something that’s not true puts them in a dangerous way. We lie when we become proud in our own hearts and more confident in our own ways. That’s pride. Even life itself becomes perverted through lies, perverting our understanding as well as our perception. Proverbs 12:2 says, “The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
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