Proverbs 18:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ A broken friendship is harder to handle than a city with high walls around it.
    And arguing is like the locked gates of a mighty city.

²⁰ Because of what they say a person can fill their stomach.
    What their words produce can satisfy them.

²¹ Your tongue has the power of life and death.
    Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words.