Gospel of John, chapter 15:10

The following is culled from verses of scripture, and deals with the eighth commandment:
‘thou shalt not bear false witness.’

Fr. Hugh Duffy
Guard well Thy lips; no one can know   (Prov. 13:3)
What evils from the tongue may flow.   (James 3:5-6)
What guilt, what grief may be incurred   (Judges 11:35)
By one incautious, hasty word.    (Mark 6:22, 25, 26)
Be slow to speak, look well within   (Prov. 4:5)
To check what there may lead to sin.   (James 1:25)
And Pray unceasingly for aid   (Col. 4:2)
Lest, unawares, thou be betrayed.   (Luke 21:34)
Condemn not, judge not –not to man   (I Cor. 4:5)
Is given his brother’s faults to scan.   (Matt. 7:3)
The task is thine and thine alone-¬ (Matt. 7:5)
To search out and subdue thine own.   (I Cor. 9:27)
Indulge no murmurings; oh, restrain   (Phil, 2: 14)
Those lips so steady to complain.   (Job 27:4)
And, if they can be numbered, count off¬ (Ps. 103:2-3)
One day’s mercies the amount.   (Ps.29:16)
Shun vain discussions, trifling themes;   (Titus 3:9)
Dwell not on earthly hopes and schemes.   (Matt. 6:34)
Let words of wisdom, meekness, love,   (James 3: 13)
Thy heart’s true renovation prove.   (Luke 6:45)
Get God before thee; every word   (Ps. 57:5)
Thy lips pronounce by him is heard.   (Ps 139:4)
Oh could’ st thou realize this thought   (Luke 12:2)
What care, what caution would be taught!   (Luke 12:3)

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