²¹ The tongue has the power of life and death,^(A)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.^(B)

²¹ As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(A)

¹⁸ Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.^(A)

²⁷ A scoundrel^(A) plots evil,
    and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.^(B)

⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
    but the speech of the upright rescues them.^(A)

⁹ With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
    but through knowledge the righteous escape.^(A)

¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,^(A)
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.^(B)

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