Commandments
(pictorial)
NOTE: Before anything else, I want to say that this is not originally my page. I found it somewhere on the web quite awhile back and simply loved it - it's such a magnificent pictorial account of the original law of Moses. I re-create it here, to the best of my ability, in honor of the originating website.
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Commandments
of The Tongue
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(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, then
cored, then what remains liberally sugared. (Prov. 18:8)
(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."
(Prov 10:19)
(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. (Prov 27:2)
(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 with drawn swords."
(Prov 26:28)
(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. (Phil. 2:14)
(6) Thou shalt not backbite nor 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 women to Satan's kingdom.
(Psalm 64:3)
(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 disguises. (Job 11:3)
(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. (Ex. 20:16)
(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 from heaven. (Ex. 20:7)
(10) Thou shalt not argue in anger.
Whatever the provocation is, remember that "silence is golden" (Hosea 7:16)
and that "a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger."
(Prov. 15:11)
~~Author Unknown~~
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