Biblical Commands/Wisdom You Struggle With

[Dingleberry]

We all struggle. That's being human. Just struggle toward the Lord not away from Him.

Cite a verse that delivers a command or wisdom that you have trouble obeying.

This one is difficult for me...

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

Lest the LORD sees it, and it displeased Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him

- Proverbs 24:17-18

 

[Dingleberry]

And when I get sucked in by Jackie Bauer...


Do not speak n the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

- Proverbs 23:9

 

[Dingleberry]

Probably my greatest battle. I have an X rated sense of humor (I gave birth to the offensive memes thread) and genuinely think everything under the sun can be the source of a joke. Nothing is offensive. Nothing off limits. Laughter is beautiful.

However, what comes out of the mouth is an overflow of the heart. That is a paraphrase of a verse I am too lazy to find right now. I haven't visited the Offensive Memes thread in a long long time. It's a struggle, but I have eliminated a majority of my past vulgarities. Unfortunately, they still pop out more often than I would like. Nothing good can come from grieving the Holy Spirit.

Sinning less and feeling more guilty. Habits are hard to break.

"Shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness."

- 1Timothy 2:16

And these words from Jesus are beyond sobering. Oh boy.

"For every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

- Matthew 12:36-37

 

[Deus Irae]

We all struggle. That's being human. Just struggle toward the Lord not away from Him.

Cite a verse that delivers a command or wisdom that you have trouble obeying.

This one is difficult for me...

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;

Lest the LORD sees it, and it displeased Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him

- Proverbs 24:17-18

Thou shalt not murde...

Let's just go on to someone else, shall we?

 

[The Patriot]

And when I get sucked in by Jackie Bauer...


Do not speak n the hearing of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

- Proverbs 23:9

In the words of Pastor Joby, (and probably many others) don't wrestle with a pig, because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.