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.
6
Its fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so a person's speech discloses the cultivation of his mind.
7
Do not praise anyone before he speaks, for this is the way people are tested.
8
If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it like a glorious robe.
9
Birds roost with their own kind, so honesty comes home to those who practice it.
10
A lion lies in wait for prey; so does sin for evildoers.
11
The conversation of the godly is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon.