Tactfulness

Question 1

And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.
Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.

Answer 1

Ecclesiasticus 28:25-26

Question 2

“Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.”

Answer 2

Ecclesiasticus 7:14

Question 3

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Answer 3

Ecclesiastes 3:1,7

Question 4

Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.

Answer 4

Ecclesiasticus 8:18-19

Question 5

Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.
Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

Answer 5

Ecclesiasticus 6:34-36

Question 6

There is one that keepeth silence, and is found wise: and another by much babbling becometh hateful.
Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time.
A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time.
He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated.

Answer 6

Ecclesiasticus 20:5-8