Psalms 73:15

Psalms 73:15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

You know that some people have made up a kind of proverb like this, "If you think it, you may as well speak it;" but it is not so. Bad thoughts should never be spoken. If a man has a bottle of whisky in his house, or in his pocket, that is bad enough; but if the cork is never taken out, it will do no very great hurt to anybody. So, if a man has evil thoughts, but does not utter them, the mischief will not be so great as if he were to make them known to others.