⁴ Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

⁵ Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

⁸ But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

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.

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 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

⁵ A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

⁸ The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

²⁷ A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

²² False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

¹⁸ The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

¹² He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

⁹ With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

⁹ As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

¹⁰ Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

¹¹ Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

⁷ See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

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.

⁵ But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

¹³ He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

²³ I will send a rain of troubles on them, my arrows will be showered on them.

²⁴ They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.