DAY 87
Guard Your Mouth, Keep from Trouble
기원전 10~6세기 편집 (히브리 지혜문학)
ORIGINAL
שֹׁמֵר פִּיו וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ שֹׁמֵר מִצָּרוֹת נַפְשׁוֹ
📜 THE VERSE
Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Of the troubles I have known, how many began with a word I could have held back?
📝Reflection
Retracing my troubles, a startling number began with a single word I could have held. Only in later years do I understand why the East called the mouth the gate of disaster. The tongue is the smallest part yet makes the most trouble. Guarding the mouth is not from fear but the wisdom of closing the gate of disaster yourself. Simply delaying a word by one beat spares so much harm that would have come.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
Delay one word ready to leap out today by a beat, and weigh, "Does this open the gate or close it?"
📖 Source:
Proverbs 21:23.
히브리어 원전 + 개역한글판(1961, PD) 참조, ONGO 자체 의역.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
