Research has determined that the average person speaks about two hours a day, suggesting that speaking is one of the largest occupants of our time after sleeping, working, and eating. When we do something so much, there is a risk of doing it poorly. Jesus' half-brother James spends an entire chapter on the danger of an uncontrolled tongue, suggesting that control of the tongue is tantamount to self-control, calling the tongue "a fire, a world of iniquity" and "an unruly evil, full of deadly poison" and "No one can tame the tongue!" As teachers, we are all burdened with an unholy tongue, but we need to rule it to produce only holy speech. Ecclesiastes 10 focuses on a leader using gracious speech, with the ultimate goal of turning an enemy into an ally, instead of following the pulls of carnal nature to wax more insane and evil, such as the wicked sex perversions, homosexuality, sexual mutilation of minors, and infanticide deemed normal by major political parties throughout the lands governed by Jacob's offspring. Despite this tragic fact, in our lifetime we will have a plethora of fools governing over us. Solomon advises that we give due respect and deference to the king, rich, leaders, and authorities and keep all criticism and condemnations to ourselves lest word gets back to him (I Timothy 2:1-4).