Wisdom 1:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁹ For inquiry will be made into the counsels of the ungodly,
and a report of their words will come to the Lord,
to convict them of their lawless deeds;
¹⁰ because a jealous ear hears all things,
and the sound of grumbling does not go unheard.
¹¹ Beware then of useless grumbling,
and keep your tongue from slander;
because no secret word is without result,^[a]
and a lying mouth destroys the soul.