Proverbs 10:8 (LSB)
The wise of heart will receive commandments,
But an ignorant fool of loose lips will be ruined.

Proverbs 10:19 (LSB)
When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable,
But he who holds back his lips has insight.

A wise person prefers to listen to God than to listen to his or her own words. They fear the LORD and obey Him.
#MondayMeditation

Ephesians 4:29 (KJV)
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

James 1:26 (KJV)
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 3:2 (KJV)
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Psalm 141:3 (LSB)
Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Proverbs 17:27
He who holds back his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of discernment.

James 1:19 (KJV)
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath...