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Thursday, April 04, 2019

  Occasionally cubicle county (Up front office area.) curious staff would walk thru parts of the 60 acres of shop areas. Several of the females were quite inquisitive as to what we were doing. Being boys at heart we delighted in explaining and showing them. Several of them witnessed to us of their love for the Lord and soon thereafter invited Joe, a non-believer, and I to their twice a week lunch time woman’s Bible and prayer time. After a few weeks the leader announced she was having surgery requiring leave time and she was asking me to teach while she was gone. I was surprised but did comply.

  Not knowing what to discuss I prayerfully pondered and decided on a topic I needed to personally work on. Using Bible search tools I came up with the following lesson outline that delighted some but annoyed others over the next few weeks. Today as I format from scrawl to print I again personally review.

  Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  James 1:26; 3:5-6, 8 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. … Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. … But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

1.       Be silent in the heat of anger. Pr.14:1:7

2.       Be silent when you don’t have all the facts. Pr.18:13

3.       Be silent when you haven’t verified the story. Deut.17:6

4.       Be silent if your words will cause a weaker person to stumble. 1Cor.8:11

5.       Be silent when you should be listening. Pr.13:1

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

7.       Be silent when tempted to joke about sin. Pr.14:9

8.       Be silent when you would later be ashamed of your words. Pr.8:8

9.       Be silent when your words may convey the wrong impression. Pr.17:27

10.   Be silent when the issues are none of your business. Pr.14:10

11.   Be silent when you are tempted to tell a lie. Pr.4:24

12.   Be silent when your words will evilly damage someone’s reputation. Pr.16:27

13.   Be silent when your words will damage a friendship. Pr.16:28

14.   Be silent when you’re feeling critical sans compassion. Jam.3:9

15.   Be silent when you can’t speak without screaming. Pr.25:28

16.   Be silent when your words will reflect badly on the Lord, family, friends. 1Pet.2:21-23

17.   Be silent when you may have to eat your words later. Pr.18:21

18.   Be silent when you speak with contentious repetition. Pr.19:13

19.   Be silent when you’re tempted to flatter a wicked person. Pr.24:24

20.   Be silent when you’re supposed to be working instead of talking. Pr.14:23

21.   Can you think of anything you might quietly add to this helpful list of Bible references?

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