¹⁹ Too much talk leads to sin.
    Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

²⁷ A truly wise person uses few words;
    a person with understanding is even-tempered.

²⁸ Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
    with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

¹³ Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,
    so their conclusions will be wicked madness;
¹⁴     they chatter on and on.

No one really knows what is going to happen;
    no one can predict the future.

¹ I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
    and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
    when the ungodly are around me.”