When to Be Silent

Roger Bruner
11/03/24 - Articles From Our Bulletin

1. Be silent in the heat of anger.
2. Be silent when you don’t have all the facts.
3. Be silent when you haven’t verified the story.
4. Be silent if your words will offend a weaker person.
5. Be silent when it is time to listen.
6. Be silent when you are tempted to make light of holy things.
7. Be silent when you are tempted to joke about sin.
8. Be silent if your words would convey the wrong impression.
9. Be silent if the issue is none of your business.
10. 10.Be silent when you are tempted to tell an outright lie.
11. 11.Be silent if your words will damage someone else’s reputation.
12. 12.Be silent if your words will damage a friendship.
13. 13.Be silent when you are feeling critical.
14. 14.Be silent if you can’t say it without screaming.
15. 15.Be silent if your words are a poor reflection of  your friends and family.
16. 16.Be silent if you have already said it more than one time.
17. 17.Be silent when you are tempted to flatter a wicked person.
18. 18.Be silent when you are supposed to be working instead of speaking.

He that guardeth his mouth

keepeth his life.

Proverbs 13.3

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