Sirach 37:19-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁹ But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth.

²⁰ In all thy works let the true word go before thee, and steady counsel before every action.

²¹ A wicked word shall change the beast: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.