{"id":1263,"date":"2026-02-19T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:09:37","slug":"day-19-conversation-hearts-righteous-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-19-conversation-hearts-righteous-lips\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 19&#8211;Conversation Hearts&#8211;Righteous Lips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>MOUTH MEDICINE:<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>From the opening of my lips will come right things<\/em>.\u00a0 Proverbs 8:6<br \/>\n<em>The lips of the righteous nourish many,<\/em> Proverbs 10:21<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TONGUE TALK:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Righteous Lips, Righteous Tongue, Righteous Heart<br \/>\nWhat does &#8220;righteous&#8221; mean?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Righteous Lips only allow morally right speech to come forth from the mouth.<\/li>\n<li>A Righteous Tongue only speaks words that are true or fair.<\/li>\n<li>A Righteous Heart thinks of how it might respond in a right and good way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>HEART HELP:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, Proverbs<\/em> 15:28<\/li>\n<li><em>The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;<\/em> Proverbs 10:20<\/li>\n<li><em>Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him! <\/em>Psalm 64:10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>MY PRAYER FOR TODAY:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear God,<br \/>\nplease help me to keep all of this in mind today as I go about my daily schedule, because I want my speech and thoughts to be righteous and nourish many with goodness and wisdom.<br \/>\nHelp me to &#8220;study how to answer&#8221; today, so my speech will be like choice silver glorifying You and benefiting others.<br \/>\nThank You God. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\">www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;righteous&#8221; mean? Righteous Lips only allow morally right speech to come forth from the mouth. A Righteous Tongue only speaks words that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2104],"tags":[2105,3,3524,2274,2272,2273,2152,490,2276,2270,2269,2271,30,32,2130,2275],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conversation-hearts","tag-conversation-hearts","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-february-2026","tag-proverbs-1020","tag-proverbs-1021","tag-proverbs-1528","tag-proverbs-86","tag-psalm-6410","tag-respond-in-a-good-way","tag-righteous-heart","tag-righteous-lips","tag-righteous-tongue","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-speak-truth","tag-speaking-righteously"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Righteous-Lips-Proverbs-8.6-Proverbs-10.21.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1238,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/day-12-conversation-heart-just-tongue\/","url_meta":{"origin":1263,"position":0},"title":"Day 12&#8211;Conversation Heart&#8211;Just Tongue","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"February 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"MOUTH MEDICINE: The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. 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