¹⁸ But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

³⁴ You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

⁷ For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

⁸ But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

⁹ With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

²⁸ The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

¹¹ Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

² Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

³² The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

¹² A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

³ In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

¹³ May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

⁵ And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

⁶ And his mouth was open to say evil against God, and against his name and his Tent, even against those who are in heaven.

²² He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;