Let not an evil speaker - literally, “A man of tongue.” That is, a man whom the tongue rules; a man of an unbridled tongue; a man w…

An evil speaker. —This literally means, as in the Septuagint and Vulgate, a man of tongue; (Job 11:2…

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth:

Neither shall he be; the man who is glib of tongue, and who uses that facility …

The man of tongue, etc. Some understand by this the loquacious man, but the sense is too restricted; nor is the referenc…

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth
One that sets his mouth against the heavens, and speaks evil of …

Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon them…