Ecclesiastes, chapter 5. Ecclesiastes,
chapter 5. I hope you read this. Like you, I read the whole book,
and some verses really spoke to me. All of it spoke to me,
but some of them I wanted to deal with again, and this is
one of them. Very convicting, very needful. Let's read verses 1 through 7. Ecclesiastes 5, 1 through 7. Keep thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God. Be more ready to hear. And to
give the sacrifice of fools, they consider not that they do
evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and
let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou
upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few. A dream cometh through a multitude
of business. A fool's voice is known by a
multitude of words. And when thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it. He hath no pleasure in fools.
Pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst
not vow than that thou shouldst vow not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause
thy flesh to sin, neither say thou before the angel and the
spirit that it was an error. Therefore should God be angry
at thy voice and destroy the work of thy hands. In the multitude
of dreams of many, many words, there are also diverse vanities.
But fear thou God. This is the subject. We can sum
it up in five words. Let thy words be few. You remember The Goliath, the great giant,
was standing before all Israel, and he was doing all the talking,
wasn't he? He was boasting and bragging
and talking. And David chose five smooth stones,
and he brought that big boaster and bragger and talker down. And we need to have these five
smooth stones bring down this big giant within us called self. Because he is the source of all
our troubles. Let thy words, and this is what, you've read Ecclesiastes, you've
read Proverbs, haven't you? how much Scripture talks about
the devil. So, oh, may the Lord use these
words. Notice who he's speaking to,
okay? Keep thy foot when thou goest. Verse 2, be not rash with thy
mouth, let not thine heart. Who's he speaking to? You? Me? So let's not think about
anybody else, okay? This is to me, the Lord telling
me, I can't do anything about what you say, your tongue. But
may the Lord give me grace to do something about my tongue.
Let not thy mouth cause your flesh to sin. Don't you say,
don't you be boastful and so forth. So this is talking to
each one of us. All right. Verse one begins,
keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. This is
speaking of the way we approach the worship of our Lord. And
you notice these seven verses go together. He's speaking of
the tongue, and the heart, and the hand, and the mouth, and
the feet, and so forth, and approaching God. In verse 7, it ends this
way, fear God. Fear God. That's where wisdom
begins, isn't it? So, he's talking about approaching
our Lord. Approaching worship in the fear
of the Lord. We approach worship in reverence.
And we come here, and this is so unlike modern religion. Modern religion is all about
the hoopla and the fire and everybody getting all excited and stand
up. His strength is to sit, sit still. We come in here and we
sit and we be still and know that he's got, not ready to say
much, but hear. He said in verse 1, ready to
hear. That's why we come here, to hear. I have a real disadvantage
over you in that it's my job to stand up here and speak. I really do get tired of doing
all the speaking, but it's my vocation. But like the preacher
here in Ecclesiastes, he sought out acceptable words, words of
wisdom, God's Word. I want what I say, when I'm opening
my mouth, to be God's Word. Not my own, but I'm a man. And flesh, you talk for two hours
in the course of a week, and flesh is going to come out of
you. Personality. I don't like my personality.
Do you like your personality? It's going to come out. I can
do about that. So, you've got an advantage. You sit and be quiet. Somebody's
got to tell this stuff. He says, tell us to be ready
to hear. You know, worship is mostly hearing
God's Word, coming to hear from our Lord. We just thought about
that Revelation 1. Blessed are they that read, blessed
are they that hear. Over in Acts chapter 10, this
is wonderful. You can turn if you want, you
don't have to, but I'll read it for you. You remember the
story of Cornelius, that the Spirit of God told him that a man was coming
to preach to him at his house. So he gathered everybody. He
gathered everybody, his whole family and friends and neighbors
to his house. And they were sitting there waiting
on Simon Peter. And it says in Acts 10, 33, that
Cornelius said, I sent to thee, and you've done well that you're
come. Now, therefore, Cornelius said, we're all here present.
before God to hear all things that are commanded
thee of God. So that's why we come here. Here's what David said in Psalm
1. The very first psalm says, Blessed
is the man or the woman that walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners. Standeth in the way of sinners.
And then he said over in Psalm 26, I love this. He said, I haven't
sat with, I've hated a congregation of evildoers, haven't sat with
vain persons. He said, my foot standeth in
an even place in the congregations." That's where I will be, by God's
grace. That's where I want to be, don't
you? I want my feet to be under a pew in a house. I want to be
like Mephibosheth all my life, don't you? At the king's table. Hearing his voice. Oh, Mephibosheth
got to hear the wisdom of David. He got to hear the wisdom of
David. He sat there outside the King David all his life. Can you imagine? How much talking
do you think he did? Maybe a lot of questions. That's
what David said. One thing of our desire, and
that's what I'll seek answer to, is that we dwell in the house
of the Lord all the days of my life. That's where I want my
feet to be. May our feet be found in God's
house. May our feet walk in paths of
righteousness, for his name's sake. Walk with the Lord. Walk
by faith. In our text it says, keep thy
foot when thou goest to the house of God. It speaks of preparation
to worship, realizing whose presence we're in, coming into God's presence.
Be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. Speech, talk, as they consider
not since evil. Be more ready to hear than to
talk. James said that, didn't he? Let every man be swift to
hear, and slow to speak, and slow to wrath. Oh, how much they
said of the tongue, the lips, and the mouth in God's Word,
because it's, James says, such a world of iniquity. Perhaps
or probably every war that's ever been fought has started
with the tongue. You know that? The old silly
little child's statement, and that's just what it is, silly.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt
me. No, it's the opposite. Bones will heal. But a brother
offended, a harder one than a city. And real brothers and friends
are hard to come by. They're a gift of God. And I
don't want to lose any of them. Sure, not by my foolishness,
my foolish talk. So he says here, people are ready to hear, verse
2, Be not rash with thy mouth, let not thine heart be hasty
to utter anything before God. God is in heaven, thou upon earth,
let thy words be few. Few. He speaks of fools. By the way, God's name is six
times in these seven verses before God, the fear of God. It's God
that we should be conscious of. That would regulate if we were
really conscious of who we're talking in front of, God. He that made the ear, shall he
not hear? And then it speaks of fools three
times. The first four verses, it brings up fools, fools, fools.
It says they're known, quickly known. A multitude of words,
they want to talk. There's another proverb that
says a fool's mind is readily known. He's going to immediately
spew it out and you're going to know. You know that one, somebody
once said, better to be thought a fool and keep quiet than open
your mouth and remove all doubt. But that's what it says, a fool's
mind is readily known, presently known, easily known. He's the
one that's doing all the talking. And he's the one that's got,
he or she's the one that's got something quick to say about
everything, opinion and so forth. It's called the sacrifice of
fools. Why? What's a sacrifice? A sacrifice
is when you give something. A sacrifice is when you offer
something. What does a fool have to give? Advice. My dad told us preachers, he
said, only give advice when you're asked for it. He said, and then
give it just half the time. That's good advice. A fool gives
advice. A fool offers his or her opinion. That's the offering a fool. Let
me offer my opinion. People do this. I-M-H-O. Oh, come on. In my humble opinion. That's what that is. I-M-H-O.
I hate that. I hate those abbreviations. I
hate them. T-Y. Why can't you say thank you?
Anyway, there ain't no such thing as a humble opinion. You ought
to say N-I-M-P-O. Be my proud opinion. You see, a fool has talked him
or herself into believing that they really know something about everything. And the Scripture
said, If any man thinks he knows anything, he knows nothing. Yes, he ought to know. You know,
the older you get, hopefully the wiser you get, and the more
you realize, the more you know, the more you realize you don't
know. Right? And that knowledge will increase
your sorrow, realizing what a fool you've been to open your mouth
all this time. A fool has talked him or herself
into thinking they have something to offer. We don't have any of
that. We own nothing. Nothing is original. There's nothing we have. No beauty,
no wisdom, no strength, no talent, no anything that's of ourself. Whatever we have is a gift. God's
given it to us. How could we possibly be proud
and act like we've accomplished something? We haven't accomplished
anything. You know that? After it's all
said and done, nothing we've ever done is going to be remembered
by anybody. Nothing. Whose words are going to endure
forever? Whose words? That's who we need
to be talking about. The fool has talked to him or
herself into thinking they can do something. When our Lord said,
without me, you can do nothing. Paul even said this, we're not
sufficient to even think anything. We can't even think right thoughts.
We need grace, don't we? So he calls it evil pride. They
don't consider, fools don't consider that it's such evil. Pride is
evil. It's the worst form of evil.
It's taking credit for something we don't have credit for. It's sharing God's glory. And
God hates it. He hates it worse than anything.
So he says in verse 2, Anybody need this beside me? He says
in verse 2, So be not rash with thy mouth. No, he just talked
about the foot. Now he's talking about the mouth.
You know there's a disease called foot and mouth. Seriously. It's
not just in animals. These nurses will tell you there's
a real disease in human beings. And it starts in children. It's
called foot and mouth disease. Isn't that divinely ironic? And
you know this foot and mouth in animals, it's not in horses
or dogs or cats. It's in cattle. It's those that
part the hooves. It's in cattle and sheep and
goats. Are you with me? That's us. We got a bad case of it. Rash. It causes you to have a rash. Be rash. Speak rashly. It's an ugly rash. It's called
pride. It comes out of the mouth. Great swelling words. That's
what Peter talked about, didn't he? His great swelling word.
And feet. It affects the feet to walk in
pride. Just strut. You know, when the
Lord got a hold of Jacob, you know how he walked from then
on? With a halt. He wasn't strutting in front
of anybody. He was limping. He wasn't out in front leading
the parade. He was just glad to be in it. Slimping. Chains, humble, broken. Matthew 12. Go to Matthew 12.
Let's listen to what our Lord said. Well, we are. Every bit
of this is our Lord's Word. But Matthew 12. And this rash
is like leprosy. This hoof and mouth disease.
It begins on the inside and it begins to come out in a rash. called pride, starts in the heart.
Matthew 12, we just read this in Ecclesiastes 5, Matthew 12,
our Lord says in verse 34, Old generation of vipers, how
can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure
of the heart bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of
the evil treasure bringeth forth the evil thing. And I say unto
you, now listen to this, every idle word that men shall speak,
thou shalt give account thereof in a day of judgment. For by
thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned. The Lord Jesus Christ said that.
What does he mean by that? He meant exactly what he said.
Didn't he? Aren't you thankful for the blood
of Jesus Christ? For Christ being crucified. But
does this still apply to us? Well, sure does. Oh Lord, that's why David prayed,
creating in me a clean heart. Renew within me a right spirit,
constant spirit. Keep back thy servant from presumptuous
sin, secret sin, so on and so forth. Set a watch over my lips
and all and all it goes. Oh my. Go back to our text. You know, if our words, if our
words aren't God's words, then they're idle words. Aren't they? Useless. Whatever the subject
may be. If our words aren't true, if
they're not God's Word, they're not true words, then they're
rumor or opinion or gossip or something like that. And so,
worthless. Not worth speaking of. So he
says in verse 2, he says, Be not rash with thy mouth. Ask
the Lord to cure us, ask the Lord to cure you of this hoof
and mouth disease. Let not thy heart be hasty, out
of the abundance of the heart, out of the heart of the issues
of life. Let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything. Don't
be quick to speak, don't be ready to speak, ready to talk. James
said be ready to hear, more ready to hear than to give And he said
it, didn't sacrifice a fool. James said, be swift to hear,
so to speak. You know, an opinion, we talked
about this the other day, an opinion is like every one of
you is sitting on one, like a rear end. Everybody has one, all right? Don't show yours. Nobody wants
to see it. All right? That's an opinion.
That's all it is. It's ugly, it's evil, it's prized.
I always want to give our advice and our opinion and it can be
very, very hurtful. And what it is, is to say, you
ought to be more like me. I know this and you don't. And
I'm wise and you're not. The same way with ridicule and
belittling and mocking and so on and so forth. It's to say,
if only you knew what I knew, you could do what I do. It's just an opinion. What difference
does it make? If it's not about God's Word,
what difference does it make? Whatever it is, politics, or
sports, or hobbies, or food, or clothing, what difference
does it make if this person wants to wear blue and you think of
yellow? Or this person has an elephant
for a pet. So what? They can handle it fine. They don't ridicule, don't mock,
don't scoff. People say this, if I were you,
I'd... You know what you'd do if you
were them? Exactly what they're doing. You're not them. I'm not you. Well, they don't
do things like the mayhem. Well, who cares? The mayhem's
got it right. I'll tell you who's got it right.
Let God be true, and every man a liar. So why does it matter? And opinions and advice and counsel
and all that, if it's not from God's Word, it's hurtful. It's
demeaning. It's belittling. And it can ruin
relationships. It can. So he says in verse 2,
don't utter anything before God. God's in heaven and you're upon
the earth. So what do we know? What do we know about anything? What do we know about God? Paul said it. Paul went to the
third heaven. Paul, the greatest of all. The
greatest theologian ever lived, Paul, the Lord used to write
14, 15 books. Paul said, I preach in part,
I know in part. He said, I'm not sufficient for
anything. Where does that leave the rest of us? Before God. You know, if we were conscious
of our all-seeing, all-hearing, all-knowing God, it would humble
us and shut our mouth. Wouldn't it? It'd make us say
this. If we're conscious that it's
God that's listening to us speak, it would make us say, I need
to put my hand over my mouth. Go to the book of Job. This happened
to Job, didn't it? You know the story? Book of Job. Book of Job. Job, you know, the Lord said
there was none like him, didn't He? A perfect man, upright, one
that feared God and was true to Him. He said there was none
like him in all the earth. But when it was all said and done,
when it was all said and done, what was Job? A man. And every
man at his best state is what? At his best state. And Job, as
long as he didn't talk too much, he didn't sin with his lips,
did he? Look at this. This is wonderful.
We love this, and it helps us, doesn't it? Greatly. After all
that happened to Job, the Lord sent it off. And here's Job's
conclusion, verse 21. Naked came I out of my mother's
womb, and naked shall I return thither. The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
And he stopped talking. And in all this, Job sinned not. Chapter 2 says he sinned not
with his lips. He said to his wife, his foolish
wife, though he cursed God, he said, Shall we receive good at
God's hands, shall we not receive evil? Job said, I deserve all
this. Didn't deserve all he gave it
to me, and he purposed to take it away. Blessed be the name
of the Lord. He was quiet. And for days he
sat there. And his friends came, and then
they started talking. Now jump over to chapter 38. And they talked and they talked
and they talked and they all tried to figure everything out,
didn't they? They all had their opinions. Much of it was good. Much of
what Job said was good and right and true. However, he began to
defend himself. And when we began to defend ourselves,
you know who we were defending? A guilty person. Because whatsoever the law saith,
saith them that under the law, that what? That every mouth may be stopped.
Every mouth. Job 38. Now the Lord answered,
after all the talking, the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind
and said, Who is this that darkeneth the council? by words without
knowledge. And I read Job and I think, my,
my, some wonderful things said, true things, as long as it was
about God. As long as it was about the Lord,
His Redeemer. The resurrection, Job 14, and
so on. I know my Redeemer lives. He's
standing on that. That's good. That's wonderful.
That's profitable. But Job, don't defend yourself. Don't defend
your cause. Don't do it. Don't do it. Chapter 40, look
at this. Chapter 40 of Job. Here's what
Job, finally, with the Lord, oh my, did the Lord, told him
to gird up your loin. The Lord answered Job and said,
verse 2, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?
He that reproveth God, let him answer it. Job answered the Lord
and said, Behold, I am vile. What shall I answer them? I'll
lay my hand upon my mouth. He said, I've spoken once. I
will not twice. I'll proceed no further. Good, Joe. That's good. Now, here's the ultimate thing
we should think about. You say, where's Christ in all
this? He's the one that wrote it. Okay? Let me tell you this. We're talking
about in the presence of God. Let's stand in the presence of
Jesus of Nazareth. Let's stand at the foot of the
cross where our Lord Jesus Christ is bearing not His sins, but
mine. He's bearing all of my blame
that God put on Him what I did. And He's standing before all
these fools, convicting Him and accusing Him. He didn't do any
of that. Who did it? I did it! And He's
not opening His mouth! So how could I defend myself? For my defense, he didn't open
up his mouth. Falsely accused, took our blame,
opened not his mouth, did not defend himself, took the blame. He said, if you seek these, it
started in the garden. He said, if you seek them, if
you seek me, let them go. He says to the law, to the law
that he kept perfectly, that we've broken in every point,
every point, in thought, word, and deed, and continue to do
so. He said, I've kept it perfectly. To the Father, take me. Don't
kill them. Take me. Boy, if that happens, we shouldn't
shut our mouths. If that won't shut our mouths, what will? Hmm. Let thy word be few. Be not hasty to utter anything.
Wise men studyeth to answer. Gives it thought. Hesitant, careful
to answer. Wants true words, acceptable
words, or if they're vain words. And I'm going to labor this point,
because Scripture does. I'm going to keep laboring it,
and it's going to end really good. It's all good. It's good.
It's profitable. But it's going to end really
good. If we're not saying something
good, what's the opposite of good? Evil. If we're not saying
something helpful, what's the opposite of helpful? Hurtful.
If we're not building up, what are we doing? Cutting down. If
we're not saying something loving, it's hateful. Right? And the innuendos and
this sort of thing, it's easy to see through that. Sincerity
is, you know, sincerity. Hypocrisy is not subtle at all. If we're not saying something
pure, it's impure. If we're not praising, Criticize
it. If it's not a good report, it's an evil report. Right. The spies went into the land.
There were two faithful men. Two men that believed God. Two
men like Christ. Joshua. Caleb. Our Lord said so. Caleb that
followed me fully. He said there's not a man around
here except Joshua that follows me like Caleb. He's just like
me. And Joshua and Caleb went into
the land. And they came back and gave a good report. A good report. They were trying
to build up Israel on this most holy land. To build up, to encourage,
to strengthen, to help, to comfort, to give peace and all that. Ten
out of twelve gave a bad report. Oh, you're going to kill us all.
All of us are going to die. Let's just go back. if it's not a good report. And
buddy, God's Word to God's people is good. It's all good. It's
a good report. You have good news. All right? Don't listen to this world. Don't
listen to anybody that doesn't... that brings you an evil report.
For God's people, it's all good. If we're not saying something,
giving thanks, what are we doing? If we're not giving thanks, we're
complaining. David wrote a psalm that said,
let there be no complaining in our streets. If we're not strengthening, we
weaken them. If we're not encouraging, we
frighten them. If we're not defending someone's
honor, we offend them. If we're not gathering, we scatter them. If we're not saying
something spiritual, And, you know, it's such a sign of the
end times. So many signs, 2 Peter 3. And, you know, the Lord sent
all those plagues, and one of them was pestilence, annoying
pestilence. We're living in a day with so
much talk, so many venues, so many forums, so many ways for
people to spout off, and it's all, it's so, it's just a deafening. Have you ever been in a crowded
room, and just stop talking and listen? It sounds like bees,
a beehive. And I wonder how many people
in that room are talking about God, and how much truth is being said. It's the height of Word. And
God hears it. It's a noise in His ear. There's going to be silence in
heaven. Let me bring this up again. There's going to be silence
in heaven for the space of 30 minutes. This is the first time
in the history of the human race. that everybody is silent. And it's going to be such peace.
Nobody's opening their mouth. It's going to be such peace and
quiet and comfort. And we're waiting on Him to speak
who no man speaks like. And none of us will ever want
to say another blooming thing And we're going to be enwrapped
in everything He has to say to us. Now let me end this way. Our
Lord Jesus Christ was a man. He knew everything about everything. He did. What did He talk about? One thing. He didn't propound, he didn't
promote, he didn't advocate anything but things above. He knew every food, what was
proper to eat, all the healing. He didn't bring up anything.
He didn't talk about anything, politics,
issues, social issues, but one thing, he knew everything. When you talk about one thing, because there's one thing, everything
else is idle words and not worth fussing about, not worth talking
about, especially if it's divisive. Our Lord was a man, and He spoke. And He was a man of few words.
And when He opened His mouth, grace poured from His lips. Grace was poured into His lips,
as Scripture said. But His mouth, He tells us, let
your word, your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.
And that's how He spoke. Grace and salt. Grace and salt. A man of few words. Wise words. When he opened his mouth, you
needed to listen. He didn't mince words. And they
weren't off the top of his head. Don't think that's virtuous when
somebody says, I wish he'd like to speak her mind. That's bad. Unless it's the mind of Christ.
Okay? It's just pride. We don't need
to hear it. Our Lord didn't waste words on vain things. They were
wise words. He didn't mince words. And even
His enemies said, never a man speak like this man. They went
to take Him. His enemies went to take Him.
And they had to sit down and listen. And they were mesmerized. They were captivated by His words. And the Lord wasn't going to
let them disrupt Him. And they went back and forgot
what they went for. And I said, never may a man speak like this
man. Grace poured from his lips. Grace and truth. Pure words. Pure words. Words of life. Words of life. He'd hang on his
every word. Words to live by. Words of life.
Eternal life. This life. His speech was powerful. Powerful. And it wasn't just
in word only. It was in the Spirit of God. Holy Ghost. Power. He's able to open blind eyes
and deaf ears. You know, we try. Why do we keep
talking so much? Because we're trying our best
to convince somebody of something that we know. He wouldn't try. He didn't try to convince anybody.
But when he came to call someone, he called powerfully. Open ears
with a word. Open eyes with a word. Break
hearts with a word. That's who I want to speak. And
that's whose words I want to use. Mine avail nothing. There's no power in my words
at all. Not in the way I say it. Not
what I say. No power whatsoever. His words were powerful. His
words were truth. Truth. Oh, in this day and age,
is it somebody could tell us the truth? Scriptures calls him
the faithful witness, a true witness. Oh, the truth. Can somebody
tell us the truth about God? Yes. There's one. Truth about
man. Truth about this life, about
everything. Truth about salvation. Yes. Christ said, I am the truth. He spoke faithfully, like a true
friend. A true friend. Tell you the truth. And they'll do it in love. Not
wanting to hurt, but love. Oh, how loving. He did it in
love. He spoke in love. We're told
to tell the truth, speak the truth in love. He is love. He couldn't speak any other way
to his people. Never hard or harsh or angry. Merciful. Merciful. If He speaks to us,
what mercy. He's a God that hides Himself.
He should. He ought to hide His face. He ought to not speak to
us. Turn His back on us. He turned to us. Speak to us
again. Kind. The words were kind. Caring. No man cared like He did. Covering. His words covered. He, you know,
love covereth. And Lord knows everything about
us. Every sin. Every sin. Every thought that
you've thought since you've been here tonight. He knows it. Not
a word in our mouth. Not a thought in our head. Nothing
we've ever done. The Lord knows it all. Every
bit of it. He could sure expose us, couldn't He? Humiliate us,
couldn't He? He covers it up. That woman, wouldn't you love
that story? The woman caught in the act.
Everybody knew she was guilty. Everybody knew she was guilty.
But where's the man? Why wasn't he? Anyway, and they
all were talking. Remember? They were all talking.
Everybody was talking. But our Lord, He wasn't talking. stooped down and says he made
it was as though he'd heard them not. He heard every word. He hears every word. But he wasn't
talking. He was writing. And then he stood
up and said one brief statement. He that is without sin among
you, let him cast the first stone. And then he stooped back down.
And when it was all over, everybody cleared out. All talk had stopped. And he's on the, he's now stooped
down where that guilty woman is. She has never said a word.
She's guilty. The law, she's guilty. Her mouth
is stopped. And all these people who seem
to be moral, she stopped their mouth too. And then our Lord
uttered those blessed words. The one who everybody knew was
guilty. He said, justified, forgiven,
free, completely forgiven, all your sins are gone, forever wiped
out, never ever be brought back again. I remember them no more. They're covered. My dear daughter. That's what love does. Covers,
doesn't expose. His words were vital. That means
needfulness. His words were helpful, never
hurtful. His words... Oh my, I got wet. Okay. Do you remember my dad, my pastor,
he gave a three-fold criteria for speaking, for repeating a
matter. Remember? Do you remember? Everybody
remember. It's still good. Is it true? Before you repeat a matter, before
you say anything, is it true? Is it truth? Is it true? And that would eliminate a lot
of things that were said. All right? Is it true? Did you
see it? Did you hear it? Okay, the next thing, is it kind?
Is it kind? Who's this going to help? Is
it going to help or is it going to hurt? And the last, and that
would eliminate a lot, a lot of, let's say, and the last thing
that would eliminate about everything, is it necessary? Is it even necessary
to bring it up? Now someone in here is probably
saying, you have me afraid to say anything. Good. Mission accomplished. Because
he said, let your words be few in our troubles. You know how
troubles will be fewer? He that keepeth his mouth will keep his
soul from many troubles. They go on and on, on and on
with it. And I need this word's name now.
And you know, less worries, less trouble, less wars, less fighting,
more love. We're all well together and we
all like each other. If we don't open our mouth. And
if we do, that'd be something good. What do you say? Okay, stay with me.