The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable;\par\tab But the mouth of the wicked {\i speaketh} perverseness.\par
The heart of the righteous studieth to answer;\par\tab But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword;\par\tab But the tongue of the wise is health.
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;\par\tab But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted;\par\tab But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
To deliver thee from the way of evil,\par\tab From the men that speak perverse things;
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, {\i even} words of truth.\par
The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright;\par\tab But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.\par
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Put away from thee a wayward mouth,\par\tab And perverse lips put far from thee.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity,\par\tab Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;