⁴ An ^(A)evildoer listens to wicked lips;
A ^[a]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

²⁰ He who has a crooked ^[a]mind ^(A)finds no good,
And he who is ^(B)perverted in his language falls into evil.

19 ^(A)Better is a poor man who ^(B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in ^[a]speech and is a fool.

¹⁸ Like a madman who throws
^(A)Firebrands, arrows and death,
¹⁹ So is the man who ^(B)deceives his neighbor,
And says, “^(C)Was I not joking?”

²⁸ A lying tongue hates ^[a]those it crushes,
And a ^(A)flattering mouth works ruin.