WHEN TO BE SILENT . . .

1. Be silent in the heat of anger - Pro 14:17

2. Be silent when you don't have all the facts - Prov 18:13

3. Be silent when you haven't verified the story - Deut 17:6

4. Be silent if your words will offend a weaker person - 1 Cor 8:11

5. Be silent when it is time to listen - Prov 13:1

6. Be silent when you are tempted to make light of holy things - Eccl 5:2

7. Be silent when you are tempted to joke about sin - Prov 14:9

8. Be silent if you would be ashamed of your words later - Prov 8:8

9. Be silent if your words would
convey the wrong impression - Prov 17:27

10. Be silent if the issue is none of your business - Prov 14:10

11. Be silent when you are tempted to tell an outright lie - Prov 4:24

12. Be silent if your words will
damage someone else's reputation - Pro 16:27

13. Be silent if your words will
damage a friendship - Prov 16:28

14. Be silent when you are feeling critical - Jam 3:9

15. Be silent if you can't say it
without screaming it - Prov 25:28

16. Be silent if your words will be a poor reflection of God on you - 1 Pe 2:21-23

17. Be silent if you may have to eat your words later - Prov 18:21

18. Be silent if you have already said it more than one time - Prov 19:13

19. Be silent when you are tempted to flatter a wicked person - Prov 24:24

20. Be silent when you are supposed to be working instead - Prov 14:23

"WHOEVER GUARDS HIS MOUTH AND TONGUE KEEPS HIS SOUL FROM TROUBLES" (Prov 21:23).

"BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD" (Ps 46:10)

"BE QUICK TO HEAR AND SLOW TO SPEAK".

However, to be silent in some situations is not an act of foolishness, it is simply a display of divine wisdom.
May none of us fail the test of time. Amen!

God bless you all.