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.