Psalms 73:15

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

Do not always speak what you think. "But if you think it, you may as well say it," says one. Oh, no! There may be an evil spirit in yonder bottle, but nobody will get drunk upon it if you keep the cork in; so there may be evil thoughts in your hearts, but they will not injure other people if you do not, as it were, draw the cork by uttering them. It is well always to think twice before you speak once. "So," said the psalmist, "I cannot speak thus, because such talk would grieve God’s people."