A WARNING TO MOCKERS AND SCOFFERS
PROVERBS 21:23-24 “He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. [Prov. 12:13; 13:3; 18:21; James 3:2.] 24 The proud and haughty man–Scoffer is his name–deals and acts with overbearing pride.” Dear people of God, some years ago, I had a very bad habit of mocking others without realising that I was hurting people. By God’s grace I have given up the bad habit. One of the biggest sins many engage in is talking bad about people behind their back and mocking or castigating them in their presence. Some women have a very nasty habit of scouting round for hurtful information concerning others and whenever they enter a quarrel with such people, they begin to release their “missile” of hurtful words from their mouth against the person with intent to cause great distress, pain and sadness. For the menfolk, what some do is crack spiteful and cruel jokes against others and they see it as a normal way of life. ...