Proverbs 10:16-18

Modern English Version

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous tends to life,
    the fruit of the wicked to sin.

¹⁷ He who keeps instruction is in the way of life,
    but he who refuses reproof errs.

¹⁸ He who hides hatred has lying lips,
    and he who spreads slander is a fool.