I am not going to read the Governing Body thread any longer. But I shouldn't say, but I will, the participants seem to think they know what they are talking about and they don't even know the truth about what is written in The Bible about "too many words".
Matthew 12:36 ESV / 48 helpful votes
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak
Proverbs 25:11 ESV / 37 helpful votes
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver
Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 31 helpful votes
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body
Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 30 helpful votes
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 21 helpful votes
The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him
Proverbs 10:19 ESV / 19 helpful votes
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent
2 Timothy 2:14 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers
Ecclesiastes 12:11 ESV / 15 helpful votes
The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd
Proverbs 18:21 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits
Ephesians 5:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
James 3:6-10 ESV / 9 helpful votes
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. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
Romans 16:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive
Job 38:2 ESV / 8 helpful votes
“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Matthew 15:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
What Does the Bible Say About Words?