hear with God’s Word. If we don’t listen both carefully and quickly, we are liable to be led into all kinds of false teaching and error. Slow to speak. Quick to listen and slow to speak should be taken together as sides of the same coin. Slowness in speaking means speaking with humility and patience, not with hasty words or nonstop gabbing. Constant talking keeps a person from being able to hear. Wisdom is not always having something to say; it involves listening carefully, considering prayerfully,