7. Never repeat what is told you, And you shall fare never the worse.
8. Whether it be of friend or foe, tell it not; And unless it is a sin to you, reveal it not.
9. For he has heard you, and observed you, And when the time comes he will hate you.
10. Hast you heard a word? let it die with you: Be of good courage, it will not burst you.
11. A fool will travail in pain with a word, As a woman in labor with a child.
12. As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, So is a word in a fool’s belly.
13. Reprove a friend; it may be he did it not: And if he did something, that he may do it no more.
14. Reprove your neighbor; it may be he said it not: And if he has said it, that he may not say it again.
15. Reprove a friend; for many times there is slander: And trust not every word.
16. There is one that slips, and not from the heart: And who is he that has not sinned with his tongue?
17. Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; And give place to the law of the Most High.
20. All wisdom is the fear of the Lord; And in all wisdom is the doing of the law.
22. And the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom; And the prudence of sinners is not counsel.
23. There is a wickedness, and the same is abomination; And there is a fool lacking in wisdom.
24. Better is one that has small understanding, and fears, Than one that has much prudence, and transgresses the law.