"Shall a multitudeof wordsgounanswered,And a talkativemanbe acquitted?
Then Zopharthe Naamathiteanswered,
"Should a wisemananswerwith windyknowledgeAnd fillhimselfwith the eastwind?
"Is there [no] limitto windywords?Orwhatplaguesyou that you answer?
"Howlongwill you huntfor words?Showunderstandingand thenwe can talk.
"Howlongwill you saythesethings,And the wordsof your mouthbe a mightywind?
"May a slanderernot be establishedin the earth;May evilhuntthe violentmanspeedily."
When there are manywords,transgressionis unavoidable,But he who restrainshis lipsis wise.
Guardyour stepsas you goto the houseof Godand drawnearto listenratherthanto offerthe sacrificeof fools;for they do not knowthey are doingevil.
For the dreamcomesthrough mucheffortand the voiceof a foolthrough manywords.
And alsosomeof the Epicureanand Stoicphilosopherswere conversingwith him. Somewere saying,"Whatwould thisidle babblerwishto say?"Others,"He seemsto be a proclaimerof strangedeities,"--becausehe was preachingJesusand the resurrection.
[This] you know,my belovedbrethren.But everyonemust be quickto hear,slowto speak[and] slowto anger;
