⁹ A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor, but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

⁶ The counsels of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouths of the upright shall deliver them.

²⁷ A froward man diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is a burning fire.

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth closest friends.

⁵ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker, and he that is glad at calamities shall not go unpunished.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love, but he that repeateth a matter separateth good friends.

⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for blows.

⁸ The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go away; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.