Dont open Mouth!

Don't Open Your Mouth When:




1. In the heat of anger

Proverbs 14:17

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.



2. When you don't have all the facts

Proverbs 18:13

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.



3. When you haven't verified the story

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,

shall he that is worthy of death be put to death;

but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.



4. If your words will offend a weaker person

1 Corinthians 8:11

And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?



5. When it is time to listen

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.



6. When you are tempted to make light of holy things

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God:

for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.



7. When you are tempted to joke about sin

Proverbs 14:9

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.



8. If you would be ashamed of your words later

Proverbs 8:8

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.



9. If your words would convey the wrong impression

Proverbs 17:27

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:

and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.



10. If the issue is none of your business

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.



11. When you are tempted to tell an outright lie

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.



12. If your words will damage someone else's reputation

Proverbs 16:27

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.



13. If your words will damage a friendship

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.



14. When you are feeling critical

James 3:9

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men,

which are made after the similitude of God.



15. If you can't say it without screaming it

Proverbs 25:28

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.



16. If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your friends and family

1 Peter 2:21-23

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:



17. If you may have to eat your words later

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue:

and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.



18. If you have already said it more than one time

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father:

and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.



19. When you are tempted to flatter a wicked person

Proverbs 24:24

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous;

him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:



20. When you are suppose to be working instead

Proverbs 14:23

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.



" Whoever guards his mouth & tongue keeps his soul from troubles"

Proverbs 21:23
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