Talking Too Much

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger. — read the full passage →

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil--hand to mouth!

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body; — read the full passage →

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it <FI>is<Fi> .

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips. — read the full passage →

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. — read the full passage →

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou.

Praise ye Jah! For <FI>it is<Fi> good to praise our God, For pleasant--comely <FI>is<Fi> praise. — read the full passage →

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word. — read the full passage →

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

Hot <FI>is<Fi> my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

For I have known--many <FI>are<Fi> your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside. — read the full passage →

Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,' — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart.

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> near ruin.

Wine <FI>is<Fi> a scorner--strong drink <FI>is<Fi> noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: — read the full passage →

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the young men.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

A healed tongue <FI>is<Fi> a tree of life, And perverseness in it--a breach in the spirit.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter? — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things <FI>are<Fi> naked and open to His eyes--with whom is our reckoning.

not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →