1. The hopes of a senseless man are empty and false; and dreams extol the imprudent.
2. Like one who chases a shadow and pursues the wind, so also is one who pays attention to lying visions.
3. In the vision of dreams, one thing represents another, as when a mask is before the face of a man.
4. What can be cleansed by the unclean? And what truth can be spoken from a lie?
5. Erroneous divinations and false signs and the dreams of evildoers are emptiness.
6. For your heart suffers from imagination, like a woman suffering in childbirth. Unless it is a visitation sent from the Most High, you should not set your heart upon it.
7. For dreams have caused many to go astray, and those who have hoped in them have fallen away.
8. The word of the law will be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom will be made plain in the mouths of the faithful.
9. He who has not been tested, what does he know? A man with much experience will consider many things. And whoever has learned much will explain with understanding.
10. He who has no experience knows little. And he who has done many things has made many mistakes.
11. He who has not been tested, what kind of things can he know? He who has been deceived will be more cunning.
12. I have seen much by wandering, and the customs of many things.
13. At times, I have even been in danger of death because of these things, but I was freed by the grace of God.
14. The spirit of those who fear God is sought, and they will be blessed by his providence.