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

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

²⁷ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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

¹⁸ As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

¹⁹ So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?