When to keep your mouth shut

• In the heat of anger: Pro 14:17.
• When you don't have all the facts: Pro 18:13.
• When you haven't verified the story: Deu 17:6.
• If your words will offend a weaker person: 1Co 8:11.
• When it is time to listen: Pro 13:1.
• When you are tempted to make light of holy things: Ecc 5:2.
• When you are tempted to joke about sin: Pro 14:9.
• If you would be ashamed of your words later: Pro 8:8.
• If your words would convey the wrong impression: Pro 17:27.
• If the issue is none of your business: Pro 14:10.
• When you are tempted to tell an outright lie: Pro 4:24.
• If your words would damage someone else's reputation: Pro 16:27.
• If your words will damage a friendship: Pro 16:28.
• When you are feeling critical: Jam 3:9.
• If you can't say it without screaming it: Pro 25:28.
• If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord or your friends or family: 1Pe 2:21-23.
• If you may have to eat your words later: Pro 18:21.
• If you have already said it more than one time: Pro 19:13.
• When you are tempted to flatter a wicked person: Pro 24:24.
• When you are supposed to be working instead: Pro 14:23.