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Slow to Speak
June 10, 2011
Be
slow to speak (Jam 1:19). What’s
the downside of speaking too quickly?
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Pr 10:19
- he that refraineth his
lips is wise | |
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Pr 13:3
- he that keepeth his
mouth keepeth his life | |
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Pr 21:23
- whoso keepeth his
mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles | |
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Ecc 10:14
- a fool also is full of
words … who can tell him? |
2. 2.
Lips, tongue,
and mouths are to be controlled
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Jam 1:26
- bridleth not his
tongue, deceiveth his own heart | |
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Jam 3:2
- offend not in word is
perfect and able also to bridle the whole body | |
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Jam 3:6
- the tongue is a fire,
a world of iniquity | |
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1Pe 3:10
- refrain his tongue
from evil and lips that speak no guile |
3.
3.
Hasty and excess words commit us to
things we regret
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Pr 17:27
- he that hath knowledge
spareth his words | |
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Ecc 5:2
- let not thine heart be
hasty to utter anything before God | |
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Num 30:2
- If a man vow or swear
an oath, ought not break his word | |
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Jdg 11:30
- Jephthah’s quick vow
caused him much sorrow
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4.
4.
Do not forget N.T. lists several spoken
sins
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Rom 1:28-32
- debate, whisperers,
backbiters, covenant breakers | |
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2Ti 3:1-5
- boasters, truce
breakers, false accusers, heady, highminded | |
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1Co 5:11, 6:10; Gal
5:19-21 -
revilers, railers, variance, strife, heresies, seditions | |
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Eph 5:4
- neither filthiness,
foolish talking, or jesting |
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Article Written by Elder Dolph Painter, Moriah Primitive Baptist Church
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