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 4:24

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

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