¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

¹³ Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,^(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.^(B)

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

⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(A)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(B) in scorn.^(C)

⁹ Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.^(A)