11. A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
12. Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
13. In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod [is] for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
14. The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool [is] near ruin.
15. The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
16. The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
17. A traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
18. Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
19. In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips [is] wise.
20. The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked--as a little thing.
21. The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
22. The blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.
23. To execute inventions [is] as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
24. The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.
25. As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
26. As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
27. The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
28. The hope of the righteous [is] joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
29. The way of Jehovah [is] strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.