Sirach 28:17–23

The stroke of a whip maketh a mark,

But the stroke of the tongue breaketh bones.

Many have fallen by the edge of the sword,

But not ⁽so many⁽ as they that have fallen through the tongue.

Happy the man that is sheltered therefrom,

And that hath not passed through the wrath thereof;

That hath not drawn the yoke thereof,

And that hath not been bound with its bands.

For its yoke is a yoke of iron,

And its bands are bands of brass.

The death thereof is an evil death,

And the rest of Hades is better than hers.

⁽But⁽ it hath no power over the godly,

They will not be burned in her flame;

They that forsake the Lord shall fall into it,

And she will burn among them, and not be quenched;

As a lion shall she be sent upon them,

And as a leopard shall she destroy them.