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.