ייִדישער מחשבֿה אויף משלי 10:19

Excessive talk, "so and so said", "it was said on so and so", long winded confusion without purpose, and the wise man said: "In the multitude of words there lacks not sin, but he that refrains his lips is wise" (Mishlei 10:19). One of the wise would say: "safeguard the superfluous of your words, and muzzle the superfluous (movement) of your tongue".

The second division applies to cases where one crosses the border of the sufficient to the domain of the superfluous which one has no need for, such as excess in food and drink, against which the sage warned us when he said, "Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat" (Mishlei 23:20). So, too, extravagance in personal adornment, dress, luxurious homes, and superfluity in speech, in regard to which there is no assurance that one will not stumble because of them, as the wise man said, "In the multitude of words there lacks not sin" (Mishlei 10:19). Furthermore, excess in sexual relations, concerning which the sage said, ". . .He that keeps company with harlots destroys his substance" (Mishlei 29:3), and "do not give your strength to women" (Mishlei 31:3). It is also said concerning kings, "Neither shall he multiply wives unto himself" (Devarim 17:17).