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Ecclesiastes 10:20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

One cannot underestimate the power of words. There is a saying that walls have ears. This means that even non-living things respond to words. The whole of the world exists because of words.  

Curse, not the king, no not in thy thought. Under the above-mentioned circumstances, a man might be tempted to abuse and curse these ill-conditioned rulers. We are warned against this error; it is dangerous to give way to it (Exodus 22:28"Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people). In Ecclesiastes 8:2 the motive for submission to the king is placed on religious grounds; in the present passage, the ground is prudence, regard for personal safety, which might be compromised by plain speaking, especially when one has to do with such depraved persons. 

We may compare David's generous conduct to his cruel persecutor Saul, whom he spared because he was the Lord's anointed (1 Samuel 24:6, ). 

To encourage such thoughts in the mind is to run the risk of openly expressing them at some unguarded moment; for "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." Curse not the rich in thy bedchamber. Inability to injure, the rich stand in the same category as the king. But "walls have ears," says the proverb (Habakkuk 2:11The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.; ); and the King of Syria is warned, "Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the King of Israel the words thou speakest in thy bedchamber" (2 Kings 6:12). "

 Therefore be very watchful with your thoughts and words about people in authority, so as not to think or say anything against them.

Prayer: Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable at Your sight in Jesus' name. Amen

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