Idle Talk

Job 11:2-3 – “Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated? Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Job 9:17 – He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

Ephesians 4:29 – Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Ephesians 5:4 – Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

Psalm 1:1-2 – Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Application:

• ·         Job does not know that God has allowed Satan to crush him for a high purpose.
• ·         Christians not only stop saying unwholesome things; they also begin to say things that will help build others up.
• ·         By being grateful for all that God has given us, we can displace evil thoughts and words.
• ·         “Mockers” are those who ridicule God and defiantly reject His law.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV