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.
22 It shall not have rule over godly men; And they shall not be burned in its flame.
23 They that forsake the Lord shall fall into it; And it shall burn among them, and shall not be quenched: It shall be sent forth upon them as a lion; And as a leopard it shall destroy them.