The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but traitors shall be taken in their lust.

An evildoer gives heed to false lips; a liar listens to a destructive tongue.

Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David, and he said, Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and your naughty heart, for you have come down to see the battle.

one basket had very good figs, like the first ripe figs. And the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

And like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says Jehovah, Thus I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his rulers, and the rest of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt;

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are destroyed from the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted Word, which has the power to save your souls.

Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil all the time, he spreads strife.

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things,

Turn away from you the crooked mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses those who plunder, whom Jehovah has spurned.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and wickedness.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has left off acting wisely and doing good.

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

Behold, they belch with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?

They scoff and speak of evil oppression; they speak arrogantly.

They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues walk through the earth.

Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

For there are many insubordinate, idle talkers and seducers, especially those of the circumcision,

whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. Thus the tongue is set among our members, defiling the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by Gehenna.