A true friend tells us the good things as well as the convicting things.

As followers of Jesus, we should keep our word, our promises and our commitments.

Put the javelin down.

Do not be jealous or envious of others because this will bear you horrible fruit.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

7 People can tame all kinds of animals and birds and reptiles and fish, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is an uncontrollable evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it breaks out into curses against those who have been made in the image of God.

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel had stolen the household idols that were her father's.