¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

³⁴ You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{Gehenna is a name that describes a burning Hell with rotting bodies and unclean things in it}

⁷ For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

⁸ But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

⁹ With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.

¹⁰ Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

²⁸ The heart of the righteous weighs answers, But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

² The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, But the mouth of fools gush out folly.

³² The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

³ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

¹³ As says the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be on you.

⁵ A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

⁶ He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

²² "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.