⁶The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

¹⁷He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

¹⁸There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

¹⁹The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

³He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

²⁵A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

⁴A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

²⁸The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

²⁷An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

²⁸A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

⁴A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

²⁰He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

⁸The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

²³The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

¹Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

²²The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

²⁸An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

²For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

²³The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

²⁰Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

²¹As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

²²The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

²⁸A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

²²For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

¹¹Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

²⁰Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

⁵Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

⁶For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

¹⁰For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.