²¹ Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

²⁹ Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

³⁶ `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

³⁷ for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

⁶ your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

¹⁹ In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.

²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

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;

³¹ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous `is' a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls `is' wise.

² From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

³ Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

⁴ Deep waters `are' the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom `is' a flowing brook.

⁵ Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

⁷ The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.

¹³ In transgression of the lips `is' the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

¹² Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness.

¹⁴ And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

¹⁹ Producing the fruit of the lips, `Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

¹⁴ How then shall they call upon `him' in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe `on him' of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

¹⁵ and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

¹⁰ for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --

¹¹ whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹⁸ for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

¹⁶ to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

¹⁵ no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works.