⁴ A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
    a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

²⁰ One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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

¹⁸ Like a maniac shooting
    flaming arrows of death
¹⁹ is one who deceives their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!”

²⁸ A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth^(A) works ruin.