16 If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, but all that sinful people gain is to sin more.
17 Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►; but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).
18 Those who will not admit that they hate others are liars, and those who slander others are foolish.
19 When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot by what they say; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.