And his master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. Luke 18:8
I always knew this but wondered why? What does Jesus mean here? That the world is smarter than we are? Looks like look-up item.
.....every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgment. Matt 32:36
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 This well suggests that one have a greater respect for the power of words. Words can build on power by themselves as well as destroy ourselves in a series of seeming acts of kneejerk compulsions .
