²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is like ^(A)choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
²¹ The ^(B)lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools ^(C)die for lack of ^[a]understanding.

³¹ The ^(A)mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the ^(B)perverted tongue will be cut out.
³² The lips of the righteous know ^(C)what is acceptable,
But the ^(D)mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked, it is torn down.

^13 [a]An evil person is ensnared by the offense of his lips,
But the ^(A)righteous will escape from trouble.
¹⁴ A person will be ^(B)satisfied with good by the fruit of his ^[b]words,
And the ^(C)deeds of a person’s hands will return to him.

² From the fruit of a person’s mouth he ^[a](A)enjoys good,
But the ^[b]desire of the treacherous is ^(B)violence.