² Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

² How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

¹⁹ In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

² How long wilt thou speak these things? And `how long' shall the words of thy mouth be `like' a mighty wind?

³ Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

¹¹ An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

¹⁸ And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

¹⁹ Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: