16. The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17. He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray.
18. He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
19. In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
20. The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
21. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
22. The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
23. It is as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25. As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.