Here’s some helpful Biblical counsel for us all.
Don’t open your mouth when:
| 1. In the heat of anger
– Proverbs 14:17 |
11. When you are tempted to tell an outright lie – Proverbs 4:24 | |
| 2. When you don’t have all the facts
– Proverbs 18:13 |
12. If your words will damage someone else’s reputation – Proverbs 16:27 | |
| 3. When you haven’t verified the story
– Deuteronomy 17:6 |
13. If your words will damage a friendship
– Proverbs 16:28 |
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| 4. If your words will offend a weaker person
– 1 Corinthians 8:11 |
14. When you are feeling critical
– James 3:9 |
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| 5. When it is time to listen
– Proverbs 13:1 |
15. If you can’t say it without screaming it
– Proverbs 25:28 |
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| 6. When you are tempted to make light of holy things – Ecclesiastes 5:2 | 16. If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your friends and family
– Peter 2:21-23 |
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| 7. When you are tempted to joke about sin
– Proverbs 14:9 |
17. If you may have to eat your words later
– Proverbs 18:21 |
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| 8. If you would be ashamed of your words later – Proverbs 8:8 | 18. If you have already said it more than one time – Proverbs 19:13 | |
| 9. If your words would convey the wrong impression – Proverbs 17:27 | 19. When you are tempted to flatter a wicked person – Proverbs 24:24 | |
| 10. If the issue is none of your business
– Proverbs 14:10 |
20. When you are suppose to be working instead – Proverbs 14:23 |
” Whoever guards his mouth & tongue keeps his soul from
troubles” – Proverbs 21:23
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