if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

A person is praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind is despised.