RV 145

Rig Veda · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

2 They ask of him: not all learn by their questioning what he, the Sage, hath grasped, as 'twere, with his o 3 To him these ladles go, to him these racing mares: he only will give ear to all the words I speak. 4 Whate'er he meets he grasps and then runs farther on, and straightway, newly born,creeps forward with 5 He is a wild thing of the flood and forest: he hath been laid upon the highest surface.

RV 145 · Rig Veda · null

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Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue! Leave the sins of the tongue, and practise virtue with thy tongue!

Dhp 17.232 · Dhammapada · Anger

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

1 Corinthians 14:2 · Bible · 1 Corinthians

O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;

Quran 33:70 · Quran · The Allies

He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.

Tao Te Ching 56.1 · Tao Te Ching

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