1
Many have committed sin for gain, and those who seek to get rich will avert their eyes.
2
As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones, so sin is wedged in between selling and buying.
3
If a person is not steadfast in the fear of the Lord, his house will be quickly overthrown.
4
When a sieve is shaken, the refuse appears; so do a person's faults when he speaks.
5
The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a person is in his conversation.
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