Sirach 37:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸     it sprouts four branches,^[a]
good and evil, life and death;
    and it is the tongue that continually rules them.
¹⁹ Some people may be clever enough to teach many,
    and yet be useless to themselves.
²⁰ A skillful speaker may be hated;
    he will be destitute of all food,