Key Verse: Verse 19 – “In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”
Key Words: In the multitude of words, there wanteth not sin
Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 5:3, “Let thy words be few.”
Have you ever said something you regretted saying? I’m sure we all have. I have a little saying that goes, “I’m seldom sorry for what I don’t say. I’m often sorry for what I do say.” The old saying, “If in doubt, don’t” should surely apply to our words.
The shortest inaugural address was given by the endeared George Washington. It contained only 135 words. William H. Harrison delivered the longest: 9,000 words that took two hours. A freezing northeast wind made everything about the speech seem long. Such verbosity caught up with President Harrison. The next day he came down with a cold and died a month later from pneumonia. Surely Proverbs 10:19 would have applied here, “He that refraineth his lips is wise.”
The moral of this story would be “talk long enough and it will kill you.”
Our children in K4 and K5 and 1st and 2nd Grade walk around with their pointing finger over their mouths. The point is “don’t talk.” Maybe we should do the same.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Shhhh!!
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