10 Commandments
for the Tongue

(1) Thou shalt not gossip. 
Before any evil story whispered in the ear is
passed on, it should be treated as the housewife
 treats apples for a pie ...
first peeled, then quartered, and cored,
then what remains liberally sugared.
 Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and
they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (KJV)

(2) Thou shalt not use a multitude of empty words.
 Your tongue reveals the nature of your thinking
 and your character. The divine Master Himself
admonishes the children of men to "let your
 admonishes be yea, yea, nay, nay, for
 whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."
 Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise. (KJV)

(3) Thou shalt not boast.
 A small man makes long, loud boasting in order
 to center the spotlight of attention on himself;
the great man works quietly, Silently polishing
the beacon that it may guide the ship
 safely into the desired haven.
Proverbs 27:2
 Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth; a stranger,
and not thine own lips. (KJV)

(4) Thou shalt not flatter.
 Someone has said that "Flattery is like soft soap;
 it is 90% lye" - and you can count on the ratio
 being just about right. The words of the man or
woman who would flatter you, according to the
 psalmist, who had a great deal of experience
with that sort of thing,
 are "softer than oil, yet withdrawn swords."
Proverbs 26:28
 A lying tongue hateth those that are
afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. (KJV)

(5) Thou shalt not grumble.
 The prescription for this malady is to
saturate your life with loving kindness.
 Let it enter every pore and the process
will be absolutely foolproof against
 the gnawing frets and worries that are
 worse than termites, to eat the soul out of you.
Philippians 2:14
 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
 Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst
 of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (KJV)

(6) Thou shalt not backbite or slander.
The tongue that backbites or slanders is the
weapon that empties churches, pours streams of
 bickering humans into divorce courts,
fills our jails with wretched humanity,
and lashes men and woman to Satan's kingdom.
Psalm 64:3
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend
 their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (KJV)

(7) Thou shalt not mock or make fun.
 Let us learn sympathy and give our fellows
 a helping hand instead of mockery,
 no matter how peculiar or odd they may be.
 Remember angels visit the earth in all kinds of guises.
 Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace?
and when thou mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed? (KJV)

(8) Thou shalt not lie.
 The first recorded lie was told in the
 garden of Eden. Since then, the practice
 has spread like a plague throughout the whole earth.
Everyone hates a lying tongue.
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour. (KJV)

(9) Thou shalt not swear.
Profanity is the official language of the devil's kingdom.
Have no part in it for it will disqualify you for heaven.
 Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD
 thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in vain (KJV)

(10) Thou shalt not argue in anger.
 Whatever the provocation is remember that
"silence is golden" and that "a soft answer
turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger"
Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High:
 they are like a deceitful bow: their princes
 shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue:
 this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. (KJV)

-- Author Unknown
 

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