Proverbs 16:23-29

²³The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

²⁴Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

²⁵There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

²⁶The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

²⁷A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

²⁸A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

²⁹A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.