2. And put a sakin (knife) to thy throat, if thou be a ba'al nefesh (man given to gluttony).
3. Be not desirous of his delicacies, for they are lechem kezavim (deceitful food).
4. Overwork not to get rich; cease from thine own binah (understanding).
5. Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim.
6. Eat thou not the lechem of him that hath a rah ayin (evil eye, i.e., a miser), neither desire thou his delicacies;
7. For as he reckoneth in his nefesh, so is he. Eat and drink, saith he to thee, but his lev is not with thee.
8. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy pleasant devarim.
9. Speak not in the oznayim of a kesil (fool), for he will despise the seichel of thy words.
10. Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark); and enter not into the sadot of the yetomim (fatherless ones, orphans),
11. For their Go'el is chazak (strong); He shall plead their cause against thee.
12. Apply thine lev unto musar, and thine oznayim to the words of da'as.
13. Withhold not musar (correction) from the na'ar (child), for if thou spank him with the shevet, he shall not die.
14. Thou shalt spank him with the shevet, and shalt save his nefesh from Sheol.
15. Beni (my son), if thine lev be chacham, my own lev shall have simchah.
16. Indeed, my inmost being shall rejoice, when thy sfatayim (lips) speak meisharim (upright things).