19  ^eWhen words are many, transgression is not lacking,

^fbut whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

2  From the fruit of his mouth a man ^reats what is good,

but the desire of the treacherous ^sis for violence.

3  ^tWhoever guards his mouth preserves his life;

^uhe who opens wide his lips ^vcomes to ruin.

27  Whoever ^wrestrains his words has knowledge,

and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

28  Even a fool ^xwho keeps silent is considered wise;

when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

12  The words of a wise man’s mouth ^uwin him favor,¹

but ^vthe lips of a fool consume him.

13  The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,

and the end of his talk is evil madness.

14  ^wA fool multiplies words,

though no man knows what is to be,

and who can tell him ^xwhat will be after him?