³ In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

⁶ The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

⁵ And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:

⁶ And the seven angels who had the seven punishments came out from the house of God, clothed with linen, clean and bright and with bands of gold about their breasts.

¹¹ And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.

¹⁰ Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

¹⁸ For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

⁵ Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

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.

⁹ Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

¹⁰ For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.

²⁰ And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.

²⁵ He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

⁸ By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

²⁴ The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

⁶ A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

⁴ My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

² Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

¹⁸ Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

³ The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

²¹ He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

³ Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.