“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.” - Ecclesiastes 5v2
There is wonderful advice here for those of us who tend to be loquacious. The context here seems to be about taking an oath, but the principle is that we need to be very careful with our words.
“Be not rash with your mouth,” God says. Why? Because one day we are going to give account for every idle word. We shouldn’t make promises or say things that we can’t follow-up on. Why? Because God is in heaven and we are on earth. He sees the whole picture, we see only the moment.
Great advice here – lets learn to just keep our mouths shut and wait a little while to see what God is going to do.
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