28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. …
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28)Here is, 1. A good man proved to be a wise man by this, that he governs his tongue well; he that does so the same is a perfect man , Jas. 3:2. It is part of the character of a righteous man that being convinced of the account he must give of his words, and of the good and bad influence of them upon others, he makes conscience of speaking truly (it is his heart that answers , that is, he speaks as…
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