Proverbs 18:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city,
    and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

²⁰ The positive words that a man speaks^[a] fill his stomach;
    he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.
²¹ The power of the tongue is life and death—
    those who love to talk^[b] will eat what it produces.