Ecclesiastes 5:2
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.
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Cross references
- Matthew 6:7 In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
- Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
- Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.