Shut up and Listen

Do you talk too much? Or perhaps you know someone who talks so much, you do not even want to be around them, in fact, you do your best to avoid them. We do not hear many sermons about this topic, yet the Bible is not silent regarding this wickedness of talking too much. The one who talks profusely has no love for the person they are talking too, therefore, they sin against the One (God) in whose image they have been made in, due to the lack of value and sense of worth which is endowed in every human being. Talking too much is one of the giant fruits of the root called "prideful spirit."

So shut up and listen to this sermonette.
Proverbs 17:27-28
27 Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28 Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.