² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous leads to life.
    The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
¹⁷ He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
    but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

²⁷ The fear of Yahweh prolongs days,
    but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.