Keep the Heart and Control the Mouth!

Keep Your Heart! 

Ponder this: Stop your deceit and cursing! Oh be careful little mouth what you say….

Proverbs 4:23–27 (NKJV) ²³Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. ²⁴Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. ²⁵Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. ²⁶Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. ²⁷Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. 

God’s commands for the bullied and the bully.  Our mouths must remain in control!

Hold Back Your Words!

Ponder this: A wise man once said, “Don’t give them a piece of your mind, you will need it later.” 

Proverbs 29:11 (NKJV) 11A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.

Hold back your words…

Wisdom says, "Bite Your Tongue" - Ponder This! 5.5.14

Ponder this: What does our response to an insult say about us? 

Prov. 12:16  A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

In most cases we are better to say nothing in response but simply to go on about our business.  If a response is necessary then we better spend time thinking and praying so that we are not sinful in our response.