Be quiet Flashcards
Study to be quite
1 Thessalonians 4:11
“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”
Keep thy foot
Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.” v2 “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.”
slow to speak
James 1:19
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
use not many words in the midst of elders
Ecclesiasticus 7:14
“Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.”
Be not rash in talk
Ecclesiasticus 9:18
“A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.”
Hate babbling
Ecclesiasticus 19:6
“He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife; and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil.”
hold tongue and he is wise
Ecclesiasticus 20:1
“There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.”
wise man hold his tongue
Ecclesiasticus 20:7
“A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time.”