Sometimes we seem not to know when to keep quiet. This act alone has brought more harm than good to so many. This article will be giving you reasons and situations when one should be silent. Be calm and meditate on these words.

1. Be silent in the heat of anger - Proverbs 14:17

2. Be silent when you don't have all the facts - Proverbs 18:13

3. Be silent when you haven't verified the story - Deut 17:6

4. Be silent if your words will offend a weaker person - 1 Cor 8:11

5. Be silent when it is time to listen -
Proverbs 13:1

6. Be silent when you are tempted to make light of holy things - Eccl 5:2

7. Be silent when you are tempted to joke about sin - Proverbs 14:9

8. Be silent if you would be ashamed of your words later - Proverbs 8:8

9. Be silent if your words would convey the wrong impression - Proverbs 17:27

10. Be silent if the issue is none of your business - Proverbs 14:10

11. Be silent when you are tempted to tell an outright lie - Proverbs 4:24

12. Be silent if your words will damage someone else's reputation - Proverbs 16:27

13. Be silent if your words will damage a friendship - Proverbs 16:28

14. Be silent when you are feeling critical - James 3:9

15. Be silent if you can't say it without screaming it - Prov 25:28

16. Be silent if your words will be a poor reflection of God on you - 1 Peter 2: 21-23

17. Be silent if you may have to eat your words later - Prov 18:21

18. Be silent if you have already said it more than one time - Prov 19:13

19. Be silent when you are tempted to flatter a wicked person - Prov 24:24

20. Be silent when you are supposed
to be working instead - Prov 14:23

"WHOEVER GUARDS HIS MOUTH AND TONGUE KEEPS HIS SOUL FROM TROUBLES" (Prov 21:23).
"BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM
GOD" (Ps 46:10)
"BE QUICK TO HEAR AND SLOW TO SPEAK".
However, to be silent in some situations is not an act of foolishness, it is simply a display of divine wisdom.
May none of us fail the test of time. Amen!
God bless you all