Sirach 28:21 CPDV

¹⁹  A third tongue has cast down virtuous women, and has deprived them of their labors.

²⁰  Whoever favors it will not have rest, nor will he have a friend in whom he may find peace.

²¹  The wound of a whip causes a bruise, but the wound of the tongue will crush the bones.

²²  Many have fallen by the mouth of the sword, but not as many as have perished by their own tongue.

²³  Blessed is he who is protected from a wicked tongue, who has not gone over to its wrath, and has not pulled its yoke, and has not been bound by its chains.