1. There shall no evil happen to him that fears the Lord; But in temptation once and again will he deliver him.
2. A wise man will not hate the law; But he that is a hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
3. A man of understanding will put his trust in the law; And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks at the oracle.
4. Prepare your speech, and so shall you be heard; Bind up instruction, and make your answer.
5. The heart of a fool is as a cartwheel; And his thoughts like a rolling axle tree.
6. A stallion horse is as a mocking friend; He neighs under every one that sits upon him.
7. Why does one day excel another, When all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
8. By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished; And he varied seasons and feasts:
9. Some of them he exalted and hallowed, And some of them has he made ordinary days.
10. And all men are from the ground, And Adam was created of earth.
11. In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, And made their ways various:
12. Some of them he blessed and exalted, And some of them he hallowed and brought near to himself: Some of them he cursed and brought low, And overthrew them from their place.