Verse 19

Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

Referenced Verses

• Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.
• Eccl 5:3 : 3 For where much carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men may heare fooles.
• Prov 17:27-28 : 27 A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite. 28 Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent.
• Eccl 10:13-14 : 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse. 14 A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?