¹⁸ but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

³⁴ `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

⁶ and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

⁷ For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

⁸ and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

⁹ with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

¹⁰ out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

²⁸ The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

¹¹ not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

² The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

³² The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

¹² A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,

³ The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

¹³ as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

⁵ And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

⁶ and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

²² `And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!