15 A third person’s tongue has cast out brave women, And deprived them of their labors.
16 He that hearkens to it shall not find rest, Nor shall he dwell quietly.
17 The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh; But the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: Yet not so many as they that have fallen because of the tongue.
19 Happy is he that is sheltered from it, That has not passed through the wrath thereof; That has not drawn its yoke, And has not been bound with its bands.
20 For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, And the bands thereof are bands of brass.
21 The death thereof is an evil death; And Hades were better than it.