4
Like a eunuch's desire to violate a maiden is a man who executes judgments by violence.
5
There is one who by keeping silent is found wise, while another is detested for being too talkative.
6
There is one who keeps silent because he has no answer, while another keeps silent because he knows when to speak.
7
A wise man will be silent until the right moment, but a braggart and fool goes beyond the right moment.
8
Whoever uses too many words will be loathed, and whoever usurps the right to speak will be hated.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.