How many words are spoken in lightness and foolishness, in jesting and joking! This would not be so did the followers of Christ realize the truth of the words, “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”{4BC 1141.1}

Hvor mange ord siges i lethed og tåbelighed, i spøg og skæmt! Det er ikke sådan at Kristi efterfølgere erkendte sandhedens ord: ”Menneskene skal gøre regnskab på dommens dag for hvert unyttigt ord, de taler. Thi ud fra dine ord skal du frikendes, og ud fra dine ord skal du fordømmes.”