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

²¹ Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

¹¹ Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

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.

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

²¹ Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

¹³ In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.

¹⁷ Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

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

⁴ They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

¹⁶ The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

¹⁴ That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

¹⁵ He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

¹⁶ His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.