Ephesians 5:15 ... See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Exhortation: (Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet)
Circumspectly means ... wary and unwilling to take risks ... looking around you ... looking about you ... to "look" ...
Pay attention. For Jesus explains: Mt. 12 ... out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
By what they speak we know them ... By what they do they show themselves ... whether good or evil.
Do not give them the benefit of the doubt.
If the tree is corrupt the fruit will also be corrupt, says Jesus. Mt. 12 ... Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Pay attention to what people say. By their fruits you know them, by their words and their actions. We must not hear what we want to hear but we must hear what they really say for that comes from their heart and shows their heart and their concealed feelings.