Take care of your speech – Abba Poemen

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Abba Poemen said, “If a person remembers the saying that is written, ‘By your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned’ [Mat 12:37], he would rather choose to keep silent.”

[Apophthegmata Patrum]

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