I can still remember a bit of poetry I was required to memorize in my high school days!
“Words are like leaves, and where,
They most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is
Rarely ever found.”
Proverbs 10:19 sums it up … “When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” In other words, all of us talk too much!
Reducing your number of words won’t necessarily spare you embarrassment. Even “men of few words” can say “too much” if they say the wrong thing. Proverbs 10:11 tells us that, “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals trouble.”
1 comment:
Good Word!:)
I am challenged by those proverbs!
Beth
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