Do You Talk too Much?
Guest Speaker Cory Mills
Ecclesiastes 3:7
English Standard Version
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
James 3:5-8
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 18:13
English Standard Version
13 If one gives an answer before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.
Deuteronomy 17:6
English Standard Version
6 On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.
Proverbs 16:28
English Standard Version
28 A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
English Standard Version
11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
English Standard Version
2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. 3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
Proverbs 16:27
Living Bible
27 Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.
Ephesians 4:29
New Living Translation
29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.