{"id":1238,"date":"2026-02-12T00:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:51:59","slug":"day-12-conversation-heart-just-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-12-conversation-heart-just-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12&#8211;Conversation Heart&#8211;Just Tongue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>MOUTH MEDICINE:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just<\/em>. Psalm 37:30<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TONGUE TALK:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Today we could say: &#8220;Just speak just.&#8221;<br \/>\nJust means: right or fair, true or correct, accurate or exact, proper.<br \/>\nAll those adjectives explain what kind of words our tongue should speak.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>HEART HELP:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><em>He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you.<br \/>\nBut to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?\u00a0<\/em> Micah 6:8<\/p>\n<p><em>My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course.<\/em> Proverbs 23:19<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MY PRAYER FOR TODAY:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>Dear God,<br \/>\ntoday I just want to speak justly.<br \/>\nPlease help me to focus on speaking only what is true and fair because I want to be just in all I say, think and do. For Your word says:<br \/>\n<em>The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: and The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: <\/em>Proverbs 10:20,31<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\">www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOUTH MEDICINE: The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. Psalm 37:30 TONGUE TALK: Today we could say: &#8220;Just speak just.&#8221; Just means: right or fair, true or correct, accurate or exact, proper. All those adjectives explain what kind of words our tongue should speak. HEART HELP: He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2104],"tags":[2220,2226,2105,2219,3,2225,2221,2218,3524,2216,2214,2227,1706,2223,2210,2222,2213,2211,2212,2209,2217,894,30,32,2215,2089,2224,16],"class_list":["post-1238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conversation-hearts","tag-accurate","tag-be-wise","tag-conversation-hearts","tag-correct","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-do-justly","tag-exact","tag-fair","tag-february-2026","tag-just-speak-just","tag-just-tongue","tag-keep-your-heart-on-a-right-course","tag-listen","tag-love-mercy","tag-micah-68","tag-proper","tag-proverbs-1031","tag-proverbs-2319","tag-provers-1020","tag-psalm-3730","tag-right","tag-righteous","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-speak-justly","tag-true","tag-walk-humbly-with-your-god","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Just_Tongue-Psalm-37.30.png?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-19-conversation-hearts-righteous-lips\/","url_meta":{"origin":1238,"position":0},"title":"Day 19&#8211;Conversation Hearts&#8211;Righteous Lips","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"February 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"MOUTH MEDICINE: From the opening of my lips will come right things.\u00a0 Proverbs 8:6 The lips of the righteous nourish many, Proverbs 10:21 TONGUE TALK: Righteous Lips, Righteous Tongue, Righteous Heart What does \"righteous\" mean? 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