“I know the Bible better than you do,” Brian taunted trying to rattle Mark’s brain.
“Even the devil knows the Bible better than I do,” Mark quickly countered unsure just how much the devil actually knew about anything.
“I am – NOT – the devil 😈 😈 😈!”
“How do you know the devil’s not running your month?” Mark wondered -unfortunately out-loud.
“How do – YOU – know 😠 😠 😠?”
Not having a good comeback for this, Mark wondered if perhaps the devil does know the Bible better than he does having heard it from every Tom, Dick and Harry he unsuccessfully tried to harass – not that such knowledge could ever, any more, do the devil any good.
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Denise offers the prompt word “rattle” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Matthew 4:5-6 KJV – 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Excellent. “not that such knowledge could ever, any more, do the devil any good.” Blessings.
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Thank you, Michael! Blessings!
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I wonder if the serpent in the Garden spoke with the rattle of a snake. He’s done quite a bit of rattling ever since.
Great fictitious truth, Frank! Blessings!
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I wish I had thought of the rattle on some snakes. That would have a better fit for this prompt. Blessings, Mary!
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Great use of the prompt word, Frank.
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Thank you, Esther. Blessings!
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Anyone trying to rattle you, on purpose, with scripture, it might be doing that person as little good as it does the devil.
Even if we need to use it to confront, may we speak the truth in love.
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Very good point, Mimi! May we speak the truth in love. Blessings!
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reminds me of a great line from ‘The Usual Suspects’ (and perhaps originally Charles Baudelaire)
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”
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That’s a very good point about the greatest trick of the Devil. Blessings, Clark!
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also from your Reader, Mary (tqhousecat) in her Comment, “Great fictitious truth” damn! great expression, fictitious truth
v cool
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I like that phrase also. It is amazing how much truth there is in fiction.
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I wasn’t able to reach your site to read your story, Clark. I hope everything is OK there.
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Nicely crafted, Frank. Love where you took the prompt.
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Thank you and blessings!
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Oh yes indeed. Fictitious truth: excellent! That’s three now😉
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That was a great comment from Mary about fictitious truth. Thank you and blessings, Chris!
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Such a real life and intensive conversation
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Some of it I have actually heard. Blessings and thank you, Jim!
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Blessings
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Good story. It doesn’t work to throw shade at another person.
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Very good point about throwing shade at another person. Blessings!
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An excellent take, Frank, quite a comnverstion!
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Thank you and blessings, Keith!
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Geez, Frank, Clark stole my comment, lol. Often we are blinded and/or misdirected by those forces contrary to what on another level we know to be right.
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Good point about that misdirection. Blessings, Denise!
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