22. Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for Adonai, so He may deliver You.
23. Unbalanced weights are detestable to Adonai, and dishonest scales are wicked.
24. A man’s steps are directed by Adonai. How then can anyone understand his own way?
25. It is a trap for one to say rashly, “It is holy!” and only afterward to consider his vows.
26. A wise king winnows out the wicked. He turns a threshing wheel over them.
27. The spirit of man is the lamp of Adonai, searching all his inmost being.
28. Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king, but his throne is upheld by lovingkindness.
29. The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
30. Blows that wound scour away evil, and beatings purge the innermost being.