I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Tongue. The matter is very delicate and important, James iii. 2., Proverbs xviii. 21., Isaias xxxii. 17., and Ecclesiasticus xxii. 33., and xxviii. 28.
Me, and was treating me with injustice and calumny. (Haydock)
Chilo, the sage, said: "I know how to bear ill treatment "(Laert. 1.) and this is a proof of "the greatest wisdom and virtue. "(Haydock)
Outos kratistos. (Menander) (Calmet)
Weak men seek revenge; but the wise resolve to govern their tongues, and do not stand up in their own just defence, though they be, therefore, more persecuted. (Worthington)
