I am going to try to be better about my words. I need to reflect Christ in my actions and I do not think sarcasm does a great job at that! Here is what the Bible says about the tongue! (I recommend James 3 if you want to read a complete chapter about it!)
Sarcasm is destructive[i].
It is an evil act against another[ii].
We will be judged for our words[iii].
Sarcasm kills ministry[iv].
If you are able to control your tongue, you will be able to control the rest of
your body[v].
Sarcasm taints praising the Lord[vi].
We should pray for control over our tongue[vii].
Our words should be wholesome[viii].
[i] James 3:5
So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it
boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
James 3:8
But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and
full of deadly poison.
Proverbs 26:19-23
So is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, “Was I
not joking?” For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no
whisperer, contention quiets down. Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to
fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a whisperer are
like dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross are burning lips and a wicked
heart.
[ii] Jeremiah
9:8
Their tongue is
a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit; with his mouth one speaks peace to his
neighbor, but inwardly he sets an ambush for him.
Proverbs 15:4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it
crushes the spirit.
[iii] Matthew
12:36-37
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak,
they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words
you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man
sows, this he will also reap.
Matthew 7:2
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your
standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
[iv] James
1:26
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not
bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the
tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets
on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
[v] James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble
in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
James 1:4
And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may
be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
[vi] James
3:9-10
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse
men, who have been made in the likeness of God; from the same mouth come both
blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.
Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is
good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
[vii] Psalm
141: 3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door
of my lips.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will
find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and
he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
[viii] Ephesians
4:29
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but
only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the
moment, so that it will give grace to hose who hear.
Colossians 3:8
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath,
malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be with grace, as though
seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each
person.
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