14. Chachamim treasure up da'as (knowledge); but the peh (mouth) of the foolish is near destruction.
15. The oisher's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor ones is their poverty.
16. The wage of the tzaddik leadeth to Chayyim; the wage of the rashah is for chattat [Ro 6:23].
17. He is in the orach (path) of Chayyim that is shomer over musar, but he that abandoneth tokhakhat (reproof) goes astray.
18. He that hideth sin'ah with sfatayim sheker, and he that uttereth a slander, is a kesil (fool).
19. In the multitude of devarim there wanteth not sin, but he that restraineth his sfatayim (lips) is maskil (wise).
20. The lashon of the tzaddik is as choice kesef; the lev of the resha'im is of little worth.