Maybe you grew up as I did being bullied and threatened by so called christians ,and this made me more combative ,when the rulling class tell lies about you too .
I didn't become combative; I became depressed. I learned though that Christians shouldn't be hurting other people with their words. This has caused me to try to be gentle and encouraging with
my words. That is a lesson that's a blessing!
Psalm 57
4 My soul
is among lions:
and I lie
even among them that are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth
are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 12
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise
is health...
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs 15
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness...
4 A wholesome tongue
is a tree of life: but perverseness therein
is a breach in the spirit.
The following (Matthew 12) reminds me that we can't expect good words from non-Christians. And if Christians use harsh words, pray for them.
Matthew 12
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Ephesians 4
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
James 1
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion
is vain.
James 3
1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same
is a perfect man,
and able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though
they be so great, and
are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue
is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame;
it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet
water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so
can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
I'm not perfect --- that's for sure. But I'm praying for guidance with my speech.
Psalm 19
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
May God bless you, Introverted, as you bless others!