²⁰ Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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

⁷ The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

³¹ The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

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.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

¹⁴ Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

¹⁰ He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

¹³ The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

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

¹³ Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;

¹⁴ His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

¹⁵ For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

³² For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

²⁶ He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.