This has been weighing on me almost daily not just on other social media but regarding regular behavior here on this board. How many of us offend daily against these divine exhortations in the latest jab, retort and expression of social media outrage? There is a reason we have a long standing rule to "pause before you post." Before you send the latest jab, punch, tweak, etc into cyberspace, take a minute (or two, or five) to make sure that you are doing so in a spirit of Christian maturity. Study first, pray, post after.
1 Timothy 1:1–2. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, 2 the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all purity.
Ephesians 4:29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Psalms 141:3. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalms 19:14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 49:3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
Proverbs 18:13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
James 1:19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:2-10. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body. (Read More...)
Proverbs 15:1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 21:23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Colossians 3:17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Ephesians 4:15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:
1 Corinthians 10:31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Timothy 1:1–2. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, 2 the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all purity.
Ephesians 4:29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Psalms 141:3. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalms 19:14. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 49:3. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
Proverbs 18:13. He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
James 1:19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 3:2-10. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body. (Read More...)
Proverbs 15:1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 21:23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Colossians 3:17. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Ephesians 4:15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:
1 Corinthians 10:31. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.