Death and Life Dey for Tongue
Talk and loneliness. Words na deep water wey carry death or life, fool mouth na im own trap, and to answer before you listen na shame. E talk say the person wey first talk im case go sound correct until dem question am, and say brother wey you offend hard to win back.
18 1Person wey dey comot imsef from oda people just dey run afta wetin im wan; e dey vex against all correct sense. 2Foolish person no dey enjoy understanding, na to yarn im own opinion only e sabi. 3Wen bad-bad ways come, shame follow am come too, and wen person lose honour, insult go follow. 4Di words wey comot for person mouth be like deep water; di place wey wisdom dey flow be like river wey dey run. 5E no good to take side for bad person, come deny di righteous person justice. 6Foolish person lips dey bring quarrel, and im mouth dey call beating. 7Foolish person mouth na wetin go spoil am, and im lips na trap for im soul. 8Di words wey gossip-person dey talk sweet like fine chop; dem dey enter go inside di person belle wella. 9Person wey dey lazy for im work na broda to di one wey dey destroy. 10Di name of our Papa na strong tower; di correct-and-holy person dey run enter am come dey safe. 11Rich man money na im strong city wey get wall; for im imagination e be like high wall. 12Bifor destruction come, man heart dey proud, but humility dey come bifor honour. 13If person answer bifor e listen, na im foolishness and im shame be dat. 14Person spirit fit carry am pass sickness, but spirit wey don scatter—who fit carry am? 15Heart wey get sense dey gada knowledge, and di ear of wise people dey find am. 16Person gift dey open road for am and dey carry am go bifor big people. 17Di first person wey talk im own side dey look like say na im correct, 18To throw lot dey settle quarrel and dey separate strong people wey dey fight. 19Broda wey you offend hard to win pass strong city wey get wall, and quarrel be like di iron bar of strong fortress. 20From di fruit of person mouth im belle dey full; from wetin im lips produce, e dey satisfy. 21Death and life dey inside di power of tongue, and di people wey love am go chop im fruit. 22Person wey find wife don find wetin good and don receive favour from our Papa. 23Poor person dey beg for mercy, but rich person dey answer with strong word. 24Man wey get plenty padi fit come fall for wahala, but friend dey wey dey stick close pass broda.
