Bahubhāṇisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcakanipāta · Chakkanipāta · Vol. 22 · Section 214

[214] Bhikkhus, there are these five dangers (ādīnava) in a person who speaks much. What five? He speaks falsely; he speaks divisively; he speaks harshly; he speaks frivolous talk (samphappalāpa); and with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in a state of loss (apāya), a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell (niraya). These, bhikkhus, are the five dangers in a person who speaks much. Bhikkhus, there are these five benefits (ānisaṃsa) in a person who speaks with discernment. What five? He does not speak falsely; he does not speak divisively; he does not speak harshly; he does not speak frivolous talk; and with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world (sagga). These, bhikkhus, are the five benefits in a person who speaks with discernment.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.