1. Words that Wound

5. The Lie Sticks and stones may break my bones
but words will never hurt me

6. The Power of Words Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…

7. The Power of Words James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

8. How to avoid words that wound
Be slow to speak
Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

9. How to avoid words that wound
Be slow to speak
Proverbs 18:13
He who gives an answer before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.

10. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TRUE?
Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth

11. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TRUE?
Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood…

12. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TRUE?
Proverbs 6:16-19
…A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.

13. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Bragging
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

14. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Bragging
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

15. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Complaining
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

16. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Sarcasm
Proverbs 3:34
…[God] is scornful to arrogant scoffers,
yet he shows favor to the humble

17. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Gossip
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

18. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TIMELY?
Ecclesiastes 3:1,7
There is an appointed time for everything… A time to be silent and a time to speak.

19. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TIMELY?
Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.

20. How to avoid words that wound
Ask: Is it TIMELY?
Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

21. How to avoid words that wound
Be slow to speak
Ask: Is it TRUE?
Ask: Is it BENEFICIAL?
Ask: Is it TIMELY?

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