9 Don’t winnow with every wind.

Don’t walk in every path.

This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.

10 Be steadfast in your understanding.

Let your speech be consistent.

11 Be swift to hear

and answer with patience.

12 If you have understanding, answer your neighbour;

but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

13 Glory and dishonour is in talk.

A man’s tongue may be his downfall.

14 Don’t be called a whisperer.

Don’t lie in wait with your tongue;

for shame is on the thief,

and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.

15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.

6 Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend;

for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach.

So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.

2 Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul,

that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull.

3 You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit,

and leave yourself like a dry tree.

4 A wicked soul will destroy him who has it,

and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies.