I Am Only Joking
7 passages
- Proverbs 26:18–19
18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, 19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Read it in context - Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Read it in context - 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
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