fishwitz – Proverbs 10:19
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Proverbs 10:19
The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin. If you are wise, you will keep quiet. (Good News Bible)
I looked at more than a dozen versions of this passage, and felt this version, although a paraphrase, caught the sense of the passage best. “In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin” comes from the King James Version. I found it interesting that the Good News Bible conveyed this passage in fewer words than most other versions. As a mathematician, I do a lot with numbers, and found this to be an excellent example of practicing what you preach…
Someone once wrote “It’s better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” How often do we run our mouths and dig ourselves a deep hole?
“Simply let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no,” ‘no’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one” (Matthew 5:37 NIV). Whatever we can do to say what we need to in the shortest time possible is worth the effort.
And so I will be brief. Praise God!
I will pray for you, and would you please pray for me! Pray that, in God’s wisdom, we will communicate effectively, AND efficiently, and then be quiet. In Jesus’ Name!
