Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. Eph4.29 NKJV
There is the story of a husband who came upon a study which claimed that women used more words than men.
When he showed it to his wife she of course read the results out loud. "Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000". Undaunted, she said to her husband "It's because we have to repeat everything we say." The husband who had gone back to reading his paper, muttered "What?”
I do not know how someone would keep track of how many words are used in a day, much less a comparison between men and women. I think it would be safe to say that we all probably use too many, and, according to the book of wisdom, “When words are many, transgression is not far away.”
The rule given here is that we should avoid “worthless words,” meaning of course, conversation which has no value. A notable goal for each of us, should not only be fewer words, but purposeful words, encouraging words, or else no words.
9/19/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
