A person does not utter words in vain

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A person does not utter words in vain

A person does not utter words in vain

A person does not say things without purpose. Every word spoken by a person should be given significance.

("Rabbi Meir held: A person does not utter words in vain... but the Rabbis hold: A person sometimes utters words in vain" - Arakhin 5a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין אָדָם מוֹצִיא דְּבָרָיו לְבַטָּלָה

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם אֵינוֹ אוֹמֵר דְּבָרִים סְתָם כָּךְ. יֵשׁ לָתֵת מַשְׁמָעוּת לְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עַל יָדוֹ.

("ר"מ סָבַר אֵין אָדָם מוֹצִיא דְּבָרָיו לְבַטָּלָה...וְרַבָּנַן סָבְרִי אָדָם מוֹצִיא דְּבָרָיו לְבַטָּלָה "-עֲרָכִין ה ע"א)

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