Out of the Abundance of Your Heart

“Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.” (Proverbs 6:14).
We cannot separate what comes out of our mouths from what is in our hearts. When Jesus chastised the Pharisees, He said: “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” (Matthew 12:34-35). Note the effects of having frowardness or perverseness in the heart: the wicked heart produces mischief and discord. A man that seeks mischief will have no trouble finding it. Proverbs 11:27 says “it shall come unto him.” “He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head.” (Psalms 7: 15-16). When a man has a corrupt heart, he will also be a sower of discord. Satan loves to sow discord and cause disunity in the Church, because he is the author of confusion. Sowers of discord are a cancer in the body of Christ. They are unhealthy cells that attack the good cells and continue to do so until the body is so full of malignant cells that it dies. Many Churches have died as a result of the cancer of discord. Godly men, be careful of what comes out of your mouth. Are you building people up or tearing them down? Examine yourself to see that you are in the faith. Do you need to confess to God any sins of mischief, discord or impurity of the heart?