The Froward Mouth (Wisdom and the Millers)

Put away perversity from your mouth;

keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Proverbs 4:24

The Millers family were having their evening devotions and dad read to them Proverbs 4. Then dad explained the verse. He said a person who has a froward mouth and perverse lips is someone who argues and talks back. Then mum remembered this incident when she was a child...

In her class there was a boy named John, who does not like to obey what the teacher says. For example, when the teacher said to play football, he will reply why can't we play basketball instead. One day, the class went for a field trip to the factory. Over there, the manager brought out white paper hats, shoes and masks for them to wear. Everyone, but John put on the attire. As such he was not allowed to enter the factory. He was asked to sit on a bench with a stern-looking lady. Because of his disobedience, John missed the fun the class had in the factory.