 Nothing is a greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| In the use of the tongue God hath distinguished us from beasts, and by the well cr ill using it we are distinguished from one another; and therefore, though silence be innocent at death, yet it is rather the state of death than life. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| Slander is worse than cannibalism. Author: John Chrysostom |
| I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. Author: John Calvin |
| There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears. Author: Joseph Hall |
| Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
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| What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip? Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
| You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. Author: Martin Luther |
| Learn to hold thy tongue; five words cost Zacharias forty weeks of silence. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| If I find myself half-carelessly taking lapses for granted, "Oh, that's what they always do." "Oh, of course she talks like that, he acts like that," then I know nothing of Calvary love. Author: Amy Carmichael |
| If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Author: Amy Carmichael |
