⁴ A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
    but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

⁴ The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.
    The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
    those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    be acceptable in your sight,
    Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

³ He who guards his mouth guards his soul.
    One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

¹¹ so is my word that goes out of my mouth:
    it will not return to me void,
    but it will accomplish that which I please,
    and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
¹² For you shall go out with joy,
    and be led out with peace.
The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing;
    and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.