Context is everything

I hear a lot of people quote scripture in situations. I hear them do a great job and at times I hear them do a terrible job. The important thing when quoting scripture or committing it to memory is that we know the context in which God intended as well as the context it was written in. There are many times in the BIble that God allows the writer to share what someone has said, or stated in an instance. There are examples all through the BIble, some humorous like Zechariah 5:7-8 and others easy to twist and misuse like Job 4:7-8.
Zechariah 5:7-8 says, "Then teh cover of the lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, 'This is wickedness,' and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed the lead cover over its mouth."

Job 4:7 - 8 says, "Consider now: Who, being innocent has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it."

There are two very different passages that can be easily misinterpreted. The first one just incriminates women even more. I mean we already know they started Adam on his pathway to sin. Women started the whole thing, and now Zechariah is telling us that they are evil. What more can I say?
Then, in Job Eliphaz simply mispeaks. Job talks about it later, but basically he is trying to make a point that evil people do evil things and bring about their own sorts of evil in their lives. You reap what you sow is basically what he is saying, he just got a little carried away in making it sound like good people never have bad things happen and bad people always will. We know each of those are untrue.
So there you have it, 2 sets of verses when miss-spoken can cause a world of hurt. So as you commit scripture to memory, and plan to call on it when you're in a pinch, make sure you've got the context. WIthout the true context of the verses, you can get yourself into a lot of trouble, much like I did in the paragraph on Zechariah's words.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!