Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.

For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: He covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it is not He, who else could it be?

even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceiving his heart, the religion of this [man] is useless.

Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit.

You sat and spoke against your brother, and scandalized your mother's son.

your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have worked deceit.

You have loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

And they have bent their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known Me, says the Lord.

Everyone will mock his friend; they will not speak truth; their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.

Even so the tongue is a small member and it boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

For every kind of both beasts and birds, of both reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.