“If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame” (Proverbs 18:13).

“The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him” (Proverbs 18:17).

“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (James 1:19-20).

“And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell” (James 3:6).