11. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all transgressions.
13. In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
15. The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16. The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.