28:19. The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
28:20. He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose.
28:21. The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
28:22. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
28:23. Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
28:24. For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
28:25. The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
28:26. Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
28:27. They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
28:28. Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.