Sirach 28:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.

²² Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.

²³ Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.