Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 19 Holy Bible
In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.
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Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.
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In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.
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Proverbs 10 : 19 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - There wanteth not sin; LXX., "Thou wilt not avoid sin." Loquacity leads to exaggeration and untruthfulness, slander and uncharitableness (comp. Ecclesiastes 5:1-3; and Christ's and James's solemn warnings, Matthew 12:36; James 1:26; James 3:2, etc.). "Speak little," says Pinart ('Meditations,' ch. 6.), "because for one sin which we may commit by keeping silence where it would be well to speak, we commit a hundred by speaking upon all occasions" (see on Proverbs 17:27), Another rendering of the passage gives "By multitude of words sin does not vanish away;" i.e. you cannot mend a fault by much talking. But this weakens the contrast, and the Authorized Version is correct. Is wise. St. James calls the reticent "a perfect man" (comp. Proverbs 13:3). "This sentence of Scripture," says St. Augustine, in his 'Retractations,' "I greatly fear, because my numerous treatises, I know well, contain many things, if not false, at any rate idle and unnecessary."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, for they are sure to fail in truthfulness, or charity, or opportuneness, and will come under the condemnation of Matthew 12:36, as being the outcome of a careless heart.