⁹ An ^[a]hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbor: but the righteous shall be delivered by knowledge.

⁶ The talking of the wicked is to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will ^[a]deliver them.

²⁷ A wicked man diggeth up evil, and in his lips is like ^[a]burning fire.

²⁸ A froward person soweth strife: and a taleteller maketh division among princes.

^5 (A)He that mocketh the poor, reproacheth him that made him: and he that rejoiceth at destruction, shall not be unpunished.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression, seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter, separateth the ^[a]prince.

⁶ A fool’s lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

⁸ The words of a talebearer are as flatterings, and they go down into the ^[a]bowels of the belly.

19 ¹ Better ^(A)is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that abuseth his lips, and is a fool.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a slanderer, discovereth ^(A)secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproach shall cease.