A wise person speaks wise words. These wise words produce an abundance of blessings and healthy things for those who will listen and heed them. However, it is equally true that these words come at the cost of one’s pride. They are bitter to the tongue but become sweet as they go down. We should take note that they he words themselves are where the wisdom resides. It is not in the dressing of the words. It is not in their delivery or deliverer. The words themselves are gentle and most likely possess the life giving characteristics of all the other Fruit of the Spirit. Yet they can still be corrective or even judgmental. Christ proclaimed true judgments against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. He even personalized using ad hominem attacks. In todays society, these would not be gentle words, but they surely were. Better the bitter judgment now of the messiah than his final judgment as the king. A fool rejects correction. They would rather mock unfettered and from afar. They are not use to the bitter taste. They don’t give it enough time to turn sweet before they reject it. But a wise person flourishes on its nutrients. He learns to long for its gentility against the harshness of a learned wisdom, that ironically only sometimes tastes sweet, but mostly leaves people bitter. It is better to learn from the wisdom of others than to learn from your own experiences alone.