Don't open your mouth when:
1. In the heat of anger
- Proverbs 14:17
2. When you don't have all the facts
- Proverbs 18:13
3. When you haven't verified the story
- Deuteronomy 17:6
4. If your words will offend a weaker person
- 1 Corinthians 8:11
5. When it is time to listen
- Proverbs 13:1
6. When you are tempted to make light of holy things
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
7. When you are tempted to joke about sin
- Proverbs 14:9
8. If you would be ashamed of your words later
- Proverbs 8:8
9. If your words would convey the wrong impression
- Proverbs 17:27
10. If the issue is none of your business
- Proverbs 14:10
11. When you are tempted to tell an outright lie
- Proverbs 12:22
12. If your words will damage someone else's reputation
- Proverbs 16:27
13. If your words will damage a friendship
- Proverbs 16:28
14. When you are feeling critical
- James 3:9
15. If you can't say it without screaming it
- Proverbs 25:28
16. If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your
friends and family
- Peter 2:21-23
17. If you may have to eat your words later
- Proverbs 18:21
18. If you have already said it more than one time
- Proverbs 19:13
19. When you are tempted to flatter a wicked person
- Proverbs 24:24
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
I received this from a friend. I thought it was too good not to share. Our tongue is our biggest problem. James even said, "But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison." We can't tame it, but it can be tamed by the Holy Spirit through yielding to Him and obeying His word.
