Don't Open Your Mouth When:

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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