¹² 
He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.

¹⁸ 
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

⁴ 
A soothing tongue [speaking words that build up and encourage] is a tree of life,
But a perversive tongue [speaking words that overwhelm and depress] crushes the spirit.

²⁷ 
A worthless man devises and digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

² 
Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying,
So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].^(A)