DON’T Open Your Mouth:
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IN THE HEAT OF ANGER Proverbs
14:17 A quick tempered person does foolish things, and a devious man is hated.
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TO CONDEMN WITHOUT ALL THE FACTS Deuteronomy
17:6 Based on the testimony of two or three witnesses, they must surely die.
But they are not to die based on the testimony of one person.
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IF YOU WILL OFFEND A WEAKER BROTHER I
Corinthians 8:9 But you must see to it that this right of yours does not become
a stumbling block for those who are weak.
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IF YOUR WORDS ARE A POOR REFLECTION OF YHVH OR THE
MESSIAH I Peter 2:21-22 This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because:
The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his
steps.
"He never sinned, and he never told a
lie."
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WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED TO JOKE ABOUT SIN Proverbs
14:9 Fools make fun of guilt, but among the upright there are good intentions
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WHEN IT IS UNFAIR AND/OR VULGAR Proverbs
8:8 Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse
in my speech.
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WHEN IT IS AN ARROGANT RANT Ecclesiastes
5:2 Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's
presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.
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IF YOUR WORDS CONVEY THE WRONG IMPRESSION Proverbs
17:27 Whoever controls what he says is knowledgeable; anyone who has a calm
spirit is a man of understanding.
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WHEN IT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS Proverbs
14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.
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IF IT MOCKS ANOTHER
Proverbs 14:6 A scoffer seeks
wisdom yet finds none, but knowledge is easy to the discerning.
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TO LIE Proverbs 4:24 Never
talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt. Proverbs 8:7 For my mouth speaks the
truth—wickedness is detestable to me.
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WHEN IT DAMAGES SOMEONE’S REPUTATION (GOSSIP) Proverbs
16:28 A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.
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WHEN IT IS TIME TO LISTEN Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heeds his father’s
discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. Proverbs 18:13 Whoever
answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.
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IF YOU CANNOT SPEAK WITHOUT YELLING Proverbs
25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is one with no control over his
temper.
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IF YOU MAY HAVE TO EAT YOUR WORDS LATER Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the
control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.
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WHEN YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE (NAGGING) Proverbs
25:24 Better to dwell in a corner of a roof than share a house with a
quarrelsome wife.
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TO EXCUSE WICKEDNESS
Proverbs 24:24 Whoever tells the
guilty, “You are innocent,” people curse him and nations revile him.
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WHEN YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING INSTEAD Proverbs
14:23 In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:23
Watching what you say can save you
a lot of trouble.
