KING DAVID SAID in Psalm 39: I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue.
I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE in Colossians 4: Let your speech always be with grace,
seasoned, as it were, with salt. (a little salt adds flavor, too much ruins the food)

1. WHEN AN ISSUE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS - PROVERBS 14:10
Only the person involved can know his own bittemess or joy — no one else can really share it.

2. WHEN YOU MAY HAVE TO EAT YOUR WORDS LATER - PROVERBS 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it shall eat its fruit.

3. WHEN YOUR WORDS MIGHT DAMAGE SOMEONE'S REPUTATION — Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man plots harm, and his words are like a searing flame.

4. WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING INSTEAD ~ PROVERBS 14:23
In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to want, or poverty.

5. WHEN YOU HAVEN'T VERIFIED THE STORY - DEUTERONOMY 17:6
On the evidence of two or three witness, a person may be put to death, but not
on the evidence of only one witness.

6. IN THE HEAT 0F ANGER - PROVERBS 14:17
A man that is short-tempered is a fool, and a man who plans wickedness is hated.

7. WHEN YOU KEEP TALKING TO THE POINT OF NAGGING — PROVERBS 19:13
A nagging wife annoys like a constant dripping of rain.

8. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS - PROVERBS 18:13
What a shame -— yes how stupid — to decide before knowing the facts

9. WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED T0 SPEAK PROFANITY, 0R TELL
VULGAR JOKES - EPHESIANS 5:4
Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting.
Instead, remind each other of God's goodness, and be thankful.

10. WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED TO FLATTER A WICKED PERSON — PROVERBS 24:24
People will curse — and nations will hate — him who says to the wicked “you are
innocen ”. But those who rebuke the wicked will find delight, and a good blessing
will come upon them.

11. WHEN IT IS TIME TO LISTEN, NOT SPEAK - PROVERBS 13:1
A wise man hears his father's instruction, but a foolish mocker does not listen to rebuke.

12. WHEN YOUR WORDS MIGHT OFFEND A WEAKER BROTHER - I CORINTHIANS 8:11
And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed...this brother whom Christ died for.