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 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to 
utter any thing before God; read more 
 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. 
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak 
forth the words of truth and read more 
 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak 
forth the words of truth and soberness. 
 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in 
due season, how good read more 
 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in 
due season, how good is it! 
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.
 Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
 You can't do that way when you're flying words.
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 Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds;
 You can't do that way when you're flying words.
  "Careful with fire," is good advice we know
   "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.
    Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;
     But God Himself can't kill them when they're said. 
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?