3. The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
4. So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.
5. Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.
6. Don't let your own words lead you into sin, so that you have to tell God's priest that you didn't mean it. Why make God angry with you? Why let him destroy what you have worked for?
7. No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.
8. Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by the one over him, and both are protected by still higher officials.
9. Even a king depends on the harvest.