The book of James in the Bible, chapter 3:1-12 talks about the control of the tongue. James writes, ”We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.”(v.2) and “no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”(v8) There are many other references in the Bible regarding the difficulty in controlling what we say. This is such a common issue that our society has clichés which highlight the problem, like: “think before you speak,” or “foot-in-mouth disease,” or “stop running your mouth before you swallow your head.”

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