And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. {shew thyself froward: or, wrestle}

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

For the froward {is} abomination to the LORD: but his secret {is} with the righteous.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

The words of a wise man's mouth {are} gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. {gracious: Heb. grace}

Wise {men} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish {is} near destruction.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}

The fear of the LORD {is} to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.