¹⁹ Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.^(A)

² From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,^(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

³ Those who guard their lips^(A) preserve their lives,^(B)
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.^(C)

²⁷ The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,^(A)
    and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.^(B)

²⁸ Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
    and discerning if they hold their tongues.^(C)

¹² Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,^(A)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.^(B)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—
¹⁴     and fools multiply words.^(C)

No one knows what is coming—
    who can tell someone else what will happen after them?^(D)