The saying you’re thinking of is usually remembered in this order:
“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”
(Though sometimes people swap the first two around—the meaning stays the same.)
Here’s a poem that brings out the message behind it:
See, Hear, Speak
See no evil before your eyes,
Guard your heart from false disguise,
For what we gaze on shapes the soul,
And slowly takes its hidden toll.
Hear no evil whispered near,
Turn away the tempting ear,
For poison wrapped in gentle tone,
Can harden hearts like silent stone.
Speak no evil from your tongue,
Let no bitter word be flung,
For once it leaves, it cannot stay,
But wounds a heart along its way.
See what’s pure and good and right,
Fill your eyes with truth and light,
Hear what builds and lifts the weak,
Let kindness be the words you speak.
For life and death in words are found,
In what we see and hear around,
So guard them well—these gates of three,
And walk in truth, and you’ll be free.
GOD IS A GOOD GOD
GOD KNOWS GOD LOVES GOD CARES
WRITTEN FOR GEORGES WEB MINISTRIES
22th April 2026
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