¹¹ Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

^21 (A)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

^11 (A)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

^21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
    and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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

^21 (A)Disaster^[a] pursues sinners,
    ^(B)but the righteous are rewarded with good.

¹³ An evil man is ensnared ^(A)by the transgression of his lips,^{[a]
    (B)}but the righteous escapes from trouble.

^17 (A)haughty eyes, ^(B)a lying tongue,
    and ^(C)hands that shed innocent blood,