1. No evils will befall one who fears the Lord. Instead, God will preserve him during temptation and will free him from evils.
2. A wise man does not hate the commandments and the justices, and so he will not be thrown about violently, like a ship in a storm.
3. A man of understanding puts his faith in the law of God, and so the law is faithful to him.
4. Whoever would resolve a dispute will prepare a word, and so, having prayed, he will be heard. And he will observe discipline, and then he will respond.
5. The heart of a fool is like the wheel of a cart. And his thoughts are like a turning axel.
6. A friend who is a whisperer is like an untamed horse: he neighs under anyone who sits upon him.
7. Why does day follow after day, and light follow after light, and year follow after year, in accord with the sun?
8. By the knowledge of the Lord, they were arranged, after the sun was made, in keeping with his command.
9. And so, the seasons changed, with their feast days. And according to them, they celebrated the feast days, in their hour.