Because of need, many have sinned. And whoever seeks to be enriched, averts his eye
Like a post fixed in the middle of adjoining stones, so also will sin become wedged between selling and buying
Sin will be crushed with the one who sins
If you do not hold yourself steadfastly to the fear of the Lord, your house will be quickly overthrown
Just as the dust remains when one shakes a sieve, so will the doubt of a man remain in his thoughts
The furnace tests the potter’s vessels, and the trial of the tribulation tests just men
As the pruning of a tree reveals its fruit, so does a word reveal the thoughts in the heart of a man
You should not praise a man before he speaks; for such is the testing of men
If you pursue justice, you will obtain it. And you will be clothed with justice, as with a long robe of honor. And you will live with justice. And justice will protect you continually. And on the day of reckoning, you will find a strong foundation
Birds flock to their own kind. And truth will return to those who practice it
The lion lies in wait for its prey continually. So also do sins lie in wait for those who work iniquity
A holy man persists in wisdom like the sun. But a senseless man changes like the moon
In the midst of the senseless, retain a word for the proper time. But be continually in the midst those who are thoughtful
The discussions of sinners are hateful, and their laughter is a delight in sin
The speech that swears many oaths will cause the hair of the head to stand upright; and its irreverence will cause the ears to be blocked
The shedding of blood is in the quarrels of the arrogant; and their evil talk is grievous to hear
Whoever discloses the secret of a friend breaks faith; and he will not find a friend for his soul
Love your neighbor, and be united with him faithfully
But if you disclose his secrets, you should not continue to follow after him
For like a man who destroys his friend, so also is he who destroys the friendship of his neighbor
And like someone releasing a bird from his hand, so have you abandoned your neighbor, and you will not obtain him again
You should no longer seek him, for he is now far away; he has fled like a roe-deer from a snare. For his soul has been wounded
You will no longer be able to bind his wound. For there may be a reconciliation from cursing
But to disclose the secrets of a friend is the hopeless act of an unhappy soul
One who winks with the eye fabricates iniquity, and no one will cast him aside
In the sight of your eyes, he will sweeten his mouth, and he will admire your talk. But at the very end, he will pervert his mouth, and he will offer a scandal from your own words
I have hated many things, but I have not done as he has done, and the Lord will hate him
Whoever throws a stone straight up will find that it falls on his own head. And a deceitful wound will return to wound the deceitful
And whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever positions a stone against his neighbor will stumble over it. And whoever lays a trap for another will perish by it
Whoever sets in motion a wicked plan will find that it rolls back over him, and he will not know from which direction it will arrive
Mockery and derision are of the arrogant, and vengeance will lie in wait for them, like a lion
Whoever enjoys the fall of the just will perish in a snare, and grief will consume them before they die
Anger and fury are both abominable, and the sinful man will be held by them