³ A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,^(A)
    but the lips of the wise protect them.^(B)

² The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.^(B)

⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge,^(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

²³ The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,^(A)
    and their lips promote instruction.^[a](B)

⁶ The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.^(A)

⁷ The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare^(B) to their very lives.^(C)

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.^(A)

³¹ From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,^(A)
    but a perverse tongue^(B) will be silenced.

³² The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,^(C)
    but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.^(D)