Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Ver. 19. Swift to hear] Reaching after that word of truth, the gospel,James 1:18, and drinking it in as the dry earth doth the dew of heaven. Life doth now enter into the soul at the ear, as at first death did, Gen 3:19
Slow to speak] We read often, "He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear;" but never, he that hath a tongue to speak, let him speak; for this we can do fast enough, without bidding. But hath not Nature taught us the same that the apostle here doth, by giving us two ears, and those open; and but one tongue, and that hedged in with teeth and lips? It is also tied and bound fast by the root, and hath for guides and counsellors the brain above and the heart beneath it. Hence your wisest men are most silent; for they know that as some gravel and mud passeth away with much water, so in many words there lacketh not sin.
Slow to wrath] Slow to snuff at those that reprove you. See Trapp on " Heb 13:22 " Rage not when touched, though to the quick.