“Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
“How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind?
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