13. Question a friend;perhaps he didn’t do it.And if he did, question himso he doesn’t do it again.
14. Question a neighbor;perhaps she didn’t say it.And if she did say it,question her so that she doesn’t repeat it.
15. Question a friend, because it oftenturns out to be a false accusation.Don’t trust everything that is said.
16. There are those who slip,and it wasn’t intentional.Who hasn’t sinned with the tongue?
17. Question your neighborbefore issuing a threat,and give the Law of the Most Highits place.
20. Fearing the Lord is the whole of wisdom,and all wisdom involvesdoing the Law.
22. The knowledge of wickednessisn’t wisdom,and there is no prudencein the advice that sinners give.