⁴ An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
    and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

⁷ Fine speech is not ^(A)becoming to a fool;
    still less is ^(B)false speech to a prince.

^20 (A)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
    and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

²⁷ Whoever ^(A)restrains his words has knowledge,
    and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
²⁸ Even a fool ^(B)who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.