The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked, to sin.
In context
14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the senseless is ruin close at hand. 15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty. 16The wages of the righteous lead to life; the earnings of the wicked, to sin. 17Whoever keeps discipline is on the path to life, but whoever abandons reproof leads others astray. 18Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
