Each one of us needs to think before speaking unless we sound like a fool. The Words of God has many things that connect how and when we speak with sounding like a fool. I present but a few in hope that you will take heed to what the Holy Bible says and keep you from sounding like a fool.
“He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.” Proverbs 10:18
“The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.” Proverbs 15:2
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.” Proverbs 17:28
“A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.” Proverbs 18:6
“A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.” Proverbs 18:7
“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.” Proverbs 19:1
“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.” Proverbs 29:11
“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.” Ecclesiastes 5:3
“ The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.” Ecclesiastes 10:12
“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?” Ecclesiastes 10:14