1. My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto; And make supplication for your former sins.
2. Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent; For if you draw near it will bite you: The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men.
3. All iniquity is as a two-edged sword; Its stroke has no healing.
4. Terror and violence will lay waste riches; So the house of a haughty man shall be laid waste.
5. Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.
6. One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner; And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.
7. He that is mighty in tongue is known afar off: But the man of understanding knows when he slips.
8. He that builds his house with other men’s money Is like one that gathers himself stones against winter.
9. The congregation of wicked men is as tow wrapped together; And the end of them is a flame of fire.