Babbling

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness,

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ so will I do for my servants’ sake, that I may not destroy them all.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. — read the full passage →

However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. — read the full passage →

For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified? — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.

Yahweh’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine! — read the full passage →

Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. — read the full passage →

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; — read the full passage →

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. — read the full passage →

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’ — read the full passage →

“You shall not commit adultery.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — read the full passage →

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, — read the full passage →

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment. — read the full passage →

Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines, of fat things full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.