{28:21} The wound of a whip causes a bruise, but the wound of the tongue will crush the bones.
{28:22} Many have fallen by the mouth of the sword, but not as many as have perished by their own tongue.
{28:23} Blessed is he who is protected from a wicked tongue, who has not gone over to its wrath, and has not pulled its yoke, and has not been bound by its chains.
{28:24} For its yoke is a yoke of iron. And its chains are chains of brass.
{28:25} Its death is a most wicked death. And hell is more useful than it is.

{28:16} A third tongue has stirred up many, and has scattered them from nation to nation.
{28:17} It has destroyed the walled cities of the wealthy, and has undermined the houses of the great.
{28:18} It has cut down the virtues of the peoples, and has broken strong nations.
{28:19} A third tongue has cast down virtuous women, and has deprived them of their labors.
{28:20} Whoever favors it will not have rest, nor will he have a friend in whom he may find peace.