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Proverbs 15:4

Proverbs 15:4 ESV A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+15%3A4&version=ESV]   Sometimes when those you love are hurting, you just want to shake them. They’re begin stupid, they’re being slow, can’t they just get better and stop hurting so much. More shamefully, and we don’t like…