Bible Questions Answered:
“What is jangling?...”
Rodney/ San Francisco, California
U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Jangling: Vain, meaningless,
empty, worthless speech.
I Timothy 1:5,6 KJV
5 Now the end of the commandment is
charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith
unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved
have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Jangling:
Psalm 5:9 KJV
For there is no faithfulness in
their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an
open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 10:7 KJV
His mouth is full of cursing and
deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalm 36:3 KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity
and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalm 55:21 KJV
The words of his mouth were smoother
than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than
oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Psalm 101:5 KJV
Whoso privily slandereth his
neighbor, him will I cut off..."
Proverbs 12:18 KJV
There is that speaketh like the
piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 24:2 KJV
For their heart studieth
destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 16:28
KJV
A froward man soweth strife: and a
whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 25:23
KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so
doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Matthew 12:34-37 KJV
34 O generation of vipers, how can
ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the
heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good
treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in
the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Romans 3:13,14 KJV
13 Their throat is an open
sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of
asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing
and bitterness:
II Corinthians
12:20 NLT
20 For I am afraid that when I come
I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am
afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness,
slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.
21 Yes, I am afraid that when I come
again, God will humble me in your presence. And I will be grieved
because many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not
repented of your impurity..."
Titus 1:10 NLT
For there are many rebellious people
who engage in useless talk and deceive others..."
Warnings
Against Jangling:
Psalm 34:13 KJV
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.
Proverbs 13:3
KJV
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth
his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 21:23
KJV
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his
tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 26:20
KJV
Where no wood is, there the fire
goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Ephesians 2:3
KJV
Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children
of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 4:31
KJV
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all
malice:
Titus 1:10 KJV
For there are many unruly and vain
talkers and deceivers..."
Titus 3:1,2 KJV
1 Put them in mind to be subject to
principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every
good work,
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no
brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
James 1:26 KJV
If any man among you seem to be
religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart,
this man's religion is vain.
James 3:1-18 KJV
1 My brethren, be not many masters,
knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all.
If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able
also to bridle the whole body.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses'
mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which
though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they
turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor
listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little
member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a
little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world
of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the
whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set
on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of
birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath
been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it
is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the
Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the
similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth
blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the
same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren,
bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both
yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with
knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his
works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against The Truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is,
there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full
of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 4:11 KJV
Speak not evil one of another,
brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his
brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou
judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
I Peter 2:1 KJV
Wherefore laying aside all malice,
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
I Peter 3:10 KJV
For he that will love life, and see
good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that
they speak no guile:
Dear Christian,
someone is listening to our conversation, that someone is The Lord.
Psalm 50:23 KJV
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me:
and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the
salvation of God.
Philippians 1:27
KJV
Only let your conversation be as it
becometh the gospel of Christ...”
Philippians 3:20
KJV
For our conversation is in heaven;
from whence also we look for the Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ:
I Timothy 4:12
KJV
Let no man despise
thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have:
I Peter 1:15 KJV
But as He which hath called you is
holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
I Peter 3:16 KJV
Having a good conscience; that,
whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed
that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
II Peter 3:11
KJV
Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and Godliness,
Matthew 12:36
KJV (Jesus)
But I say unto you, That every
idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in
the day of judgment.
