15. The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
16. The wage of the righteous leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.
17. On the path to life is he who guards instruction, but he who rejects rebuke goes astray.
18. He who conceals hatred has lips of deceit, and he who utters slander—he is a fool.
19. In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
20. Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is of little worth.
21. Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.