10 common sins of speech that you might be committing without knowing it...

[Michie]

#1
7-9-13

Perhaps the most common sins we commit are related to speech: gossip, idle chatter, lies, exaggerations, harsh attacks, uncharitable observations and remarks. With our tongue we can spread hatred, incite fear and maliciousness, spread mis-information, cause temptation, discourage, teach error, and ruin reputations.

10 common sins of speech that you might be committing without knowing it...

 

[Michie]

1. The Lying Tongue - Speaking false things with the intention to mislead. Proverbs 12:22 says, The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
2. The Flattering Tongue – a lying or exaggerating about the good qualities of others to ingratiate ourselves to them. This is a form of lying. Psalm 12:3 says, May the Lord silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue
3. The Proud Tongue - There is a saying that a proud tongue comes with two closed ears. The proud tongue is boastful and over certain of what it says. Neither will those of proud tongue be easily corrected or reasonably qualify or distinguish their remarks. Psalm 12 :4 condemns , those who say, “By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
4. The Overused Tongue - Those who say far too much, especially about that which they know little. Ecclesiastes 5:3 says a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
5. The Swift Tongue - Those who speak before they should, before they even have all the information. Ecclesiastes 5:2 says, “Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God…. And James 1:19 says, Everyone should be swift to hear and slow to speak
6. The Backbiting Tongue - Those who talk of others behind their back. Here is the secret and quiet injuring of a person’s good name to others. Calumny is to outright lie about another. Detraction is to call unnecessary attention to the known faults of others so as to harm their reputation. Proverbs 25:23 says, As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger! Leviticus 19:16 says, You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not jeopardize the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.
7. The Tale Bearing Tongue - Those who spread all sort of unnecessary and usually hurtful information. Much personal information that ought not be shared is spread by talebearers. Proverbs 20:19 says, He that goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets, therefore keep no company with one who opens his lips. Leviticus 19:16 says, Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer among thy people.
8. The Cursing Tongue - Those who wish harm on others, usually that they be damned. Psalm 109:17 warns, He loved to pronounce a curse– may it come back on him. He found no pleasure in blessing– may it be far from him.
9. The Piercing Tongue - Those who speak with unnecessary harshness and severity. 2 Timothy 4:2 says, Proclaim the message; persist in it in season and out of season; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching. 1 Tim 5:1-2 says, Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
10. The Silent Tongue - Those who do not speak when they should to warn of sin, call to the kingdom, and announce the Truth of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 56:10 says, Israel’s watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark. In our age the triumph of evil and bad behavior has been assisted by our silence as a Christian people. Prophets are to speak God’s word.

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There are many cautions to learn when it comes to speech. Here is another list of Scriptures on speech, mostly from the Wisdom Tradition. Read and Heed:

• Be swift to hear, but slow to answer. If you have the knowledge, answer your neighbor; if not, put your hand over your mouth. Honor and dishonor through talking! A man’s tongue can be his downfall. Be not called a detractor; use not your tongue for calumny (Sirach 5:13-16)
• He who repeats an evil report has no sense. Never repeat gossip, and you will not be reviled….Let anything you hear die within you; be assured it will not make you burst. But when a fool hears something, he is in labor, like a woman giving birth to a child….Like an arrow lodged in a man’s thigh is gossip in the breast of a fool…..every story you must not believe…..who has not sinned with his tongue? (Sirach 19:5-14 varia)
• Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few….Do not let your mouth lead you into sin…..Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God (Eccles 5:1-6)
• In the end, people appreciate honest criticism far more than flattery (Proverbs 28:23 NLT)
• Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses (Prov 27:6)
• He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity (Prov 21:23)
• He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin. (Prov 13:3)
• A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much. (Prov 20:19)
• A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish (Prov 19:9)
• A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free (Prov 19:5)
• A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered. Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue. (Prov 17:27-28)
• When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise (Prov 10:19)
• Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating. (Prov 18:6)
• Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended (Prov 22:10)
• The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly. (Prov 12:22-23)
• The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. (Prov 15:2)
• The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit (Prov 15:4)
• A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. (Prov 18:2)
• Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing. (Prov 12:18)
• A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue. A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. (Prov 11:12-13)
• The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse (Prov 10:32).
• The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil (Prov 15:28)
• The prudent man does not make a show of his knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness. (Prov 12:23)
• Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips. (Psalm 141:3)
• Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. (Psalm 34:13)

 

[Leuko Petra]

I think this is a good list. May I add?

What about the tongue of "excuses"?

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. Exodus 4:10

What about the tongue of "tongue only", iow saying "Lord, Lord", but doing not His Commandments?

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:8

What about the tongue of "vanity"?

Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; Isaiah 58:9

What about the "confused" and "unclean" tongue, iow the spiritual tongue of Babylon, unclarity?

So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 1 Corintihans 14:9

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Revelation 16:13

What about the tongue which wars "against the Lord"?

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings [are] against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. Isaiah 3:8

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Isaiah 59:13

What about the "froward" tongue?

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. Proverbs 10:31

What about the "perverse" tongue, that speaketh profanity or to draw others away unto themselves?

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Proverbs 4:24

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Acts 20:30

What about the "rash" tongue which utters too hastily?

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiaste 5:2

What about the tongue of the "hypocrite"?

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke 12:1

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me. Mark 7:6

What about the "Blasphemous" tongue?

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? Luke 5:21

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months. Revelation 13:5

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. Revelation 13:6

 

[WarriorAngel]

I was just thinking about these sins today and seeing how many i hit.
The list makes it easier to see...
Goodness - work work work on myself.

 

[Michie]

I was just thinking about these sins today and seeing how many i hit.
The list makes it easier to see...
Goodness - work work work on myself.

Amen.

It's tough.

 

[WarriorAngel]

I think i hit #9 tonight.


I think i need bed, have an EMG test tomorrow and have to drive 45 min's and be there by 6:45 am.

Oy.

 

[willlowbee]

#1
7-9-13



10 common sins of speech that you might be committing without knowing it...

If we were devout per that list would this forum exist?

 

[WarriorAngel]

In a perfect world - we could just telepathically say what we wanted.
Guess the forum wouldnt be needed.

Scary thot, huh?

 

[Michie]

I think i hit #9 tonight.


I think i need bed, have an EMG test tomorrow and have to drive 45 min's and be there by 6:45 am.

Oy.

Prayers for you WA.

 

[Michie]

If we were devout per that list would this forum exist?

No, not in its current form.

 

[Leuko Petra]

Like the Tongue of "excuses"...

How about the sin of the tongue of procrastination which says "Not now Lord, later..."

Or the tongue of "faithlessness" and "unbelief" and the tongue of "turning back":...

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they [are] stronger than we. Numbers 13:31

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature. Numbers 13:32

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? Numbers 14:3

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Numbers 14:4

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? Numbers 14:11

...or the tongue of "presumption":

Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Numbers 14:23

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. Numbers 14:40