Let burning coals fall upon them. May they be cast into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings].
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Let no slanderer be safe in the land. Let calamity hunt down violent people—and quickly!
He keeps all his bones— not one of them is broken.
The nations sank into the pit they made. The net they hid caught their own foot.
An evil one is ensnared by the sin of lips, but the righteous one escapes trouble.
Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
A perverse heart finds nothing good a devious tongue falls into trouble.
Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Oy , the wicked! It will be bad for him, for the dealing of his hands will be done to him.