The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

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

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.

The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

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

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

The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.