open mouth, insert foot--story of my life

"Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly."
2Timothy 2:16

"Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry..."
James 1:19

"With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be."
James 3:9


"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do...For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out."
Romans 7:15,18

...help me, God, to be the new creation that you have made me to be. Help me know when to just shut up.