Waiting To Speak

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

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

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

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

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. — read the full passage →

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.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

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

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

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

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil. — read the full passage →

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — 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. — read the full passage →

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. — read the full passage →

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. — read the full passage →

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. — read the full passage →

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

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.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, — read the full passage →

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

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

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. — read the full passage →

because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh.

As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it; — read the full passage →

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

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

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.

Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, — read the full passage →

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. — read the full passage →

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion. — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →