5. It is better to make no promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.
6. Don't let your mouth cause you to sin. Don't object to the temple messenger. Don't say, "My promise was a mistake." Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done?
7. Dreaming too much and talking too much are meaningless. So have respect for God.
8. Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn't right or fair. Don't be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Others who are even higher are watching both of them.
9. All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.
10. Anyone who loves money never has enough. Anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with what he gets. That doesn't have any meaning either.
11. As more and more goods are made, more and more people use them up. So how can those goods benefit their owner? All he can do is look at them with longing.
12. The sleep of a worker is sweet. It doesn't matter whether he eats a little or a lot. But the wealth of a rich man keeps him awake at night.