Talking is not all it’s Cracked up to Be

  The Scripture is very clear that loose lips will always get you into trouble. It is not wise to spew everything you are thinking about out of your mouth.

Proverbs 17:27-28 – “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”

  True knowledge and understanding will cause you to close your lips more than open them. Our opinion does not always need to be shared, and our “wisdom” does not always need to be given out. Rather we should strive to be quiet more than we talk.

I Thessalonians 4:11 – “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”

  That is not to say we should never talk nor stand up for what is right.

Isaiah 62:6 – “I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,”

  We should also never forget that words spoken correctly have great power to encourage and uplift.

Proverbs 25:11 – “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”

  So I am not encouraging anybody to take a vow of silence; but I am challenging you to listen more than you speak, think more than you talk, and ponder a thing before an opinion is given.