¹¹ ¶ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.

¹³ ¶ In the lips of the prudent wisdom is found and is a rod unto the back of him that is void of understanding.

¹⁴ ¶ Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.

²⁰ ¶ The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding {Heb. heart} of the wicked is worth little.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

³¹ ¶ The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

³² The lips of the righteous shall know the will of God, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversion.