He that hath knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. Proverbs 17:27-28.

Ignorant people talks too much, but the wise and knowledgeable spiritual men of understanding seldom speak while their words are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools. Ecclesiastes 9:17.

We are living in a world where everyone desire their voices to be heard: contending to express their freedom of speech or expression – good or bad: but the children of the kingdom are called upon to study to be quiet (1 Thessalonians 4:11), to be no brawlers (Titus 3:2), having the ability to know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. Isaiah 50:4.

God is not a talkative, and he doesn’t want us to be talkative children; so he guards his silence and keeps looking at a wicked man when he devours a man more righteous than himself. Habakkuk 1:13.

The prophetic prophecy about Christ was about the Savior in whose mouth there is no reproof, a dumb ass, a man that talks less. Was this not true when he spoke to the Jews that his doctrines are not his, but the Father teaches him what to say and do? For this reason, it was difficult for the Jews to use Christ own word to falsely accuses him, even before Herod, his declaration was that I speak in public, not in secret unlike a gossiper.

Was Christ not a quiet man? Yes indeed.

When he was reviled, he revile not. When he suffered, he threatened not. 1 Peter 1:23.

 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, did he opened his mouth? Never! The Lord was brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, but he never opened his mouth. Isaiah 53:7.

For whatever reason or situation, the children of God are not expected to be talkative, but to apply tongue control to avoid the punishable sin of murmuring, – in the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 10:19.

Job says, as for me, is my complaint to man? And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? Job 21:4. This shows that frustrated – restless mind in an overwhelming situation can sometimes bring disquieted of spirit to anyone, if they will not allow God to plead and defend their cause. Psalms 7:10.

Many foolish people think that by been a manipulative talkative, they have power to methodically dominate conversation and control others, not knowing that it is a sign of spiritual madness or foolishness and weakness: while they speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? Psalms 12:2-4.

Strong men act instead of talking too much.

A quiet spirit is not an ornament of a great price before God exclusively reserved for women, but it’s also for men in the kingdom. 1 Peter 3:4.

Today, we have talkative comedians and humorous people in the church to make other people laugh while they stand on the altar to desecrate it, but every idle word shall be accounted for in judgment. Matthew 12:36.

Except they are led to speak by the spirit of God, spiritually mature and genuine believers don’t always talk or speak. Except it is time to talk, spiritual men are not talkative: there is a time to talk, and there is a time to keep silent, but they are very good and quick to listen, but are slow to speak.

By being a talkative, we continue to grieve the gentle spirit of God in us, and make ineffective the power of his word through us.

Talkative people will argue with one another until it turns to quarrel, but the quiet men will walk away before the dam breach, before any quarrel erupts, by walking in discernment to figure things out on time, they can prevent the strife of tongue before it escalated, so they quit before the quarrel breaks out – the beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. Proverbs 17:14.

Those believers who talk less will analyze by their ears, the words coming out from other’s lips as mouth taste meat (Job 34:3-4), but they don’t instantly or always answering back, lest they become like a fool in his talkativeness, or lest he thinks he is wise in his own eyes when they give a response – Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 24:6-5.

It is a sign of a carnal believer – they talk too much, but the spiritually minded strive daily improving to bridle their tongue. They worked their brain to think twice before they utter any words from their mouth, being very careful with what they say, and to stand on it unapologetically, serious with their walk with God, lest their religion become vain in his sight by unbridled tongue- if any man among you seems to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. James 1:26.

Genuine and mature spiritual men and women have no point to drive at (attempt to make a particular point) to make them a talkative. They don’t defend themselves, but the truth of the gospel; so if they are persecuted for it, instead of complaining, they rejoice and take it patiently, allowing God to do the talking on their stead.

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? Job 11:2.

There is a different between persistent prayer and vain repetition – talkativeness in prayer. Even in prayer, talkativeness is not encouraged by the Lord. Persistent prayers are ones where a person continues praying about something when they may be tempted to give up, and repetitive or talkative prayers are saying the same words over and over without scriptural back up to reason or dialogue with God.

Christ warns that it is not by your much talk that guarantees that your prayers shall be answered – do not be a talkative in prayer to make vain repetition. Matthew 6:7.

Be careful not to make any fast move to secure an answer by making false promises – vow before God. Don’t let anyone push or influence by whatever means or ways to make an involuntary vow unto God. Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. Ecclesiastes 5:1-3.

It is not everything you see, that should be spoken, probably it is only meant for your understanding and for others at an appropriate time. It is not everything you heard that should be said, lest you become a talebearer – whisperers. Proverbs 20:19.

Talkative people will blow their own trumpets in any good works before others for what they have done to help the needy against the command of the scriptures – let another man praise thee, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 27:2. 

For the talkative, until their left hand is informed of the good works done by the right hand, they are not happy or satisfied – it is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Proverbs 25:27.

Talkative believers and preachers will go to hell as liars because they will add and remove from the word of God which they have been warned against. Many pastors are talkative; teaching and saying things they ought not to, because of what they will gain, whose mouth must be stopped. Titus 1:11.

I heard a prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa from Zimbabwe saying he is more gifted than God from whom every good and perfect gift comes from.  James 1:27.

Some preachers, as soon as they picked up the microphone, don’t put it down until they see people going out of the church because of their much talking.

Is the spirit of the prophet not subject to him anymore?

Give some of them thirty minutes to speak before the congregation; they will end up speaking for two hours in the name of Holy Ghost coming down. Some of them won’t drop the microphone until you send them an embarrassment note that it’s time to round up their message because they will not respect the time, being a talkative person.

The Lord was never a talkative soul winner or preacher while on earth.

Christ was the incarnate word of God which dwells among us; but still, the Lord was very selective not to give holy things to the dogs, and will not cast his pearls before the swine.

Not being a talkative, the Lord will not give full details, but will only speaks in parables to the multitudes, because he was not moved by emotion of seeing the vast number of people present to start saying something, anything and everything. First, he will measured their readiness, willingness and preparedness to hear and receive his word before he preached to them according as they are able to receive his word. Mark 4:33.

Christ is not a talkative to be anywhere at any time to say anything just because he was being admired. Our Lord is totally different of the nature and characters many so called children of God are portraying in the church or world today.

Jesus is not noisy, but quiet and gentle (quiet and gentle people are not talkative, otherwise they are deceitful and hypocrite in disguise) in his personality, but many are clamorous, showy and of loosed lipped.

You see Jesus who refused an invitation to divide the inheritance of a fellow with his brethren because he will not be a nosy parker or an intruder – busy body in other men’s matter, but a talkative Christian, in the name of a peace maker or love for the neighbor as an excuse, will like to know everything, and have something to say anywhere and anytime in anyone’s life, if possible.

Talkativeness is unlike Christ, it is an evil spirit.

It is the foolish man (talkative person) that utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards. Proverbs 29:11.

After Christ transfiguration on the mountain in the present of his three disciples, he warned them not to tell the vision to anyone until his resurrection. Mathew 17:9.

The fruit of the spirit is self control in everything, including talking or debating – a fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Ecclesiastes 10:14.

Joseph problem was his mouth (a young talkative dreamer) but it was the way the Lord intended he should get down to Egypt to serve as lesson to you that not all of your dreams and aspirations should be spilled out, lest your mouth should bring you into unnecessary hatred and confrontations against the envious household wickedness – the mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives. Proverbs 18:7.

Talkative people ruin their own lives, project, marriage, carrier and destiny by his own mouth, talking everything to anyone who will listen to his foolishness. They stupidly see themselves as very honest; having nothing to hide, – this is their foolishness, madness and destruction.

Saul, the first King of Israel did not tell his uncle about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel announced to him as the new monarch of Israel, except the news of the lost but found sheep, but he kept the news of his kingship to himself.

Except to faithful prayer partners, it is not every personal things you should reveal to relatives and close friends, but a talkative believer will speak everything of the kingdom of God to those who are not in the kingdom, and to those whose business are not, though they are in the kingdom.  

God teaches us every day not to be a talkative children, but to know how to speak a word in its season to the weary (the Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakened morning by morning, he wakened mine ear to hear as the learned. Isaiah 50:4), but the talkative believer lacks this available grace because of the impulsive spirit influencing his heart and tongue, he is not able to speak a word in due time which is like apples of gold on beds of silver. Proverbs 25:11. 

God warned Samuel not to be a talkative prophet concerning his mission to Jesse’s house when he got to the city about the new king – David he was to anoint in the place of the rebellious king Saul, but to say he has come to offer sacrifice to the Lord – that was a defensive wisdom, but a talkative will tells you he or she can’t tell a lie so that he can die before his time. 1 Samuel 16:2-3.

The three wise men, though wise, but by their talkative spirit, played foolishly into the hand of King Herod to announce the birth of Christ to the king. If they have continued following the star to the manger, they will not need to go through the palace of the earthly king before they see the eternal King lying in the manger.

Except God intervened, warned them not to go back to the king,  they should have died for their news of the new born baby brought to the king, because Christ would escape to Egypt and the king will see them as deceivers to be killed.

As a child of God, there are certain things which should be off table to discuss with unbelievers in your family or workplace, but a talkative believer will say anything and everything concerning his life and to any willing hearer, making mockery of God’s dealings in his or her life by his foolishness. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

Why did Samson continue to stay with Delilah despite being betrayed twice by her?

It was because both are birds of the same feather. Delilah and Samson were ruled by the same spirit of talkativeness. Can you imagined a powerful man like Samson without control over his heart and tongue, until he was defiled, dispossessed of his power and bound by the chain of the Philistines with his eyes gorged out?

Like Judas Iscariot, give a talkative any worthy gift requested by him, he will betray the trust confided in him.

If the talkative is one given to appetite, invite him to a self serve buffet, or take him or her to a grocery store and foot the bills, he will freely and voluntarily give you all the information beyond your expectations from his brain data.

From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

It is evidenced that the heart of the talkative Christian is corrupted, sick and full of every bad deposits unimaginable which requires cleansing and purging by the blood of Jesus for deliverance from a loose tongue – set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Psalms 141:3.

No one is praying or asking God to give them a dumb and deaf spouse or kids, but in the multitude of words there is sin (slander, lying lips, false promises, proud talk, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, unforced verbal error, exaggeration, backbiting and every idle word that men shall give account to be justified or condemned on the day of judgment): but he that controls his lips is wise. Proverbs 10:19.

The talkative believer will repeat the same subject or issue of contention after two or three days or months after when you think it’s all over: whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9.

Except none among the soldiers and confidents at the palace of the King of Syria was a talkative or a talebearer, someone should have had his head removed from his neck. 2 Kings 6:9-12.

Once you discover a talkative believer (a fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Ecclesiastes 10:14), you should guard the door of your mouth from such whose mouth has no lock, you cannot confide in a talkative believer, he or she is a talebearer.

How do you know a talkative believer?

Most often, a loquacious believer talks about everything relevant and irrelevant, from gossiping to complaining about everything and everyone.

Talkative believers are shameless inquisitive individuals with nothing or little fruit of self control in their word and tongue.

The padlock in their mouth is damaged and broken beyond repair. They always accuses others of been silence because they are not a talkative like them.

If she is a woman, she will impose to teach the word of God to her husband at home, instead of learning in subjection as the bible commands.

If married, for lack of wisdom, he or she will let the cat loose out of the bag concerning everything going on in the life of their spouse.

They asked provocative foolish and unlearned questions which the bible commands you to avoid because they can lead to strife. 2 Timothy 2:23.

They will purposely draw you deeper into any past, present or future irrelevant conversation, even when you have nothing to say, they’ll try to incite or provoke you for a long talk: though they are not a private detective, but they maneuver or manipulate words to prolong conversation. They always looks for something to talk about and they like jesting which is not convenient. Ephesians 5:4.

Talkative people in the church are wicked because there is no faithfulness of spirit in them to keep any personal confidential and sensitive information shared with them, and their action is like a sword that is pierced into your heart after you realized that they have spread the news of your private life before others which you have not sent them to do, – the words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Proverbs 18:8.

You should be careful not to pour out your heart to them (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 is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. Psalms 39:1-2), but to avoid them just as the bible commanded: he that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips. Proverbs 29:19.

Talkative believer often pick nosed into things, only to be insulted, degraded and abused afterward: then he’ll say he is not being appreciated while all that he seek after was to help by giving opinion which no one requested after, – but he that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears. Proverbs 26:17.

Instead of staying quietly to receive the strength and salvation of his God in his difficulties and troubles, a talkative believer will found himself in an increasing sin of murmuring, complaining and contending in words against him that is stronger than him, the King with whom there is no rising up or questioning – God. Isaiah 30:15.

The folly of the talkative will make him or her loose the respect and honor due for the saints of God.

They always regretted speaking or uttering word because they did not think twice before talking. Their folly and disgrace is known when they answer a mater before they hear it – he that answers a matter before he hears it; it is folly and shame unto him. Proverbs 18:13.

The talkative will rudely and arrogantly interrupt another and will not allow others to finish their words.

Christians are good news bearers, but should not be talkative – Mary kept all those things spoken by the angel sent to her in her heart without publicizing herself talking and making noise around of the works and purposes of God in her life , do not be a takative Christian, but instead, pray the spirit out of your life. Luke 2:19.