2 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
The Bible often uses both the mouth and the lips as metaphors for what is taken in and given out by people. Here we see that those in rebellion from God have a taste for harming others and speaking rashly will bring you to ruin. It's not a lack of desire that condemns us, but a lack of correct desires. One way to know if what you desire is righteous, is it ever quenched?
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