¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,^(A)
    but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.^(B)

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(C)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(D)

¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,^(E)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.^(F)

¹⁷ Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,^(G)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

¹⁸ Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips^(H)
    and spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁹ Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.^(I)

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.^(J)

²² The blessing of the Lord^(K) brings wealth,^(L)
    without painful toil for it.^(M)

²³ A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,^(N)
    but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

²⁴ What the wicked dread^(O) will overtake them;^(P)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.^(Q)