Read James 1-5
James 1:19 says, "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:" James says we should be quick to hear. God wants us to be ready to hear His word, but also to be ready to listen to each other. Sometimes all a person needs is someone to listen to him.
Then we shouldn’t be too quick to open our mouths. We don’t always like what we hear and want to protest, complain, or argue. If we think first, we might realize we’re ready to argue because we didn’t fully understand in the first place. We should even hold off being too quick to give out advice. If someone is confiding in us, if we let them finish, they might solve their own problems, rather than arguing over why the wise advice we’ve given them won’t work in their circumstances.
Lastly, James recommends we be slow to wrath. Instead of letting our emotions take over, if we can reason through something that has irritated us, we might be able to dispel the anger so we can act rationally.
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