an.5.214 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Someone Who Talks a Lot

“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot.
What five?
They use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.
These are the five drawbacks for a person who talks a lot.
There are these five benefits for a person who talks thoughtfully.
What five?
They don’t use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, and nonsensical. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.
These are the five benefits for a person who talks thoughtfully.”