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13 Critics You Need to Hear

10. Listen to the critic who comes to you personally.

The guy that just spreads “stuff” is not honoring biblical principle. The guy that comes to you personally and humbly—that’s the guy you want to listen to.

If the critic won’t come to you personally, he doesn’t want truth and his heart is impure.

Proverbs 16:28 “A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”

11. Listen to the critic who is rational.

Gotta love the critics who deliberately misconstrue your words, twist the obvious context and then refute the “new meaning” which they’ve imposed. This sort of irrational social bullying comes from someone who just isn’t all there. They logic in circles, and no matter what—they never lose.

Don’t be taunted into a fabricated fight and distracted from something of real value. Don’t let someone else’s delusional imagination define you.

In contrast, listen to the critic who won’t maliciously twist your words.

Proverbs 26:24 “He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him.”

12. Listen to the critic who tells the truth.

I have a critic who has repeatedly lied about me and never one time sought truth. I can appreciate someone honestly disagreeing with me, but I have no obligation to someone who fabricates information.

When someone uses pure conjecture to support their disagreement, they discredit themselves. I appreciate and hear critics who sincerely and honestly disagree without deception. Sadly, that’s rare.

Proverbs 26:20 “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.”