ABOUT WATCHING WHAT YOU SAY (1)

1. What does the Book of Proverbs teach about watching what you say?

a) 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you. (Proverbs 4:24)

b) 3 The lips of another man’s wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil. (Proverbs 5:3)

c) 12-13 Let me describe for you a worthless and a wicked man; first, he is a constant liar; he signals his true intentions to his friends with eyes and feet and fingers. (Proverbs 6:12-13)

d) 16 For there are six things the Lord hates - no, seven: haughtiness, lying . . . (Proverbs 6:16)

e) 11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. (Proverbs 10:11)

f) 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding. 14 Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. (Proverbs 10:13-14)

g) 19 In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise. (Proverbs 10:19)