“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (Proverbs 27:6).

Nothing hurts deeper than having someone deceitfully compliment you and talk about how they love you in the Lord…and then find out they were stabbing you in the back the whole time. Their loyalty was only to soften you up so they could do what they wanted to do. Those are the kisses of an enemy.

But a real friend will tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. A friend will speak the truth even it hurts us. A friend is more concerned about our well-being and what God wants than making us smile. So, a real friend may wound us, but is always faithful.

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