When to be Silent?

1.  Be silent In the heat of  anger – Prov. 14:17

2.  Be silent When you don't  have all the facts – Prov. 18:13

3.  Be silent When you haven't verified the story - Deut. 17:6

4.  Be silent If your words will offend a weaker person - 1 Cor. 8:11

5.  Be silent When it is time  to listen – Prov. 13:1

6.  Be silent When you are tempted to make light of holy things – Eccl. 5:2

7.  Be silent When you are tempted to joke about sin – Prov. 14:9

8.  Be silent If you would be ashamed of your words later – Prov. 8:8

9.  Be silent If your words would convey the wrong impression – Prov. 17:27

10. Be silent If the issue is none of your business -  Prov. 14:10

11. Be silent When you are tempted to tell an outright lie – Prov. 4:24

12. Be silent If your words will damage someone else's reputation – Prov.  16:27

13. Be silent If your words  will damage a friendship – Prov. 16:28

14. Be silent When you are feeling critical - James 3:9

15. Be silent If you can't say it without screaming it – Prov. 25:28

16. Be silent If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your friends and family - 1 Peter   2:21-23

17. Be silent If you may have to eat your words later – Prov. 18:21

 18. Be silent If you have already said it more than one time  - Prov. 19:13

19. Be silent When you are  tempted to flatter a wicked person – Prov. 24:24

20. Be silent When you are supposed to be working instead  - Prov.  14:23

Get a move on

John 15:4
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

The uncritical temper

Matthew 7:1
“Judge not, that you be not judged.

[Message No: 7226]