On sin
1 My child, if you have sinned, don't do it any longer, and pray concerning your previous sins.
2
Run away from sin like you would from a snake: If you go near it, it will bite you. Its teeth are lion's teeth, destroying a person's life.
3
All lawlessness is a two-edged sword, and there's no healing for its wound.
4
Alarm and insolence will strip away wealth; thus will an arrogant person's house be uprooted.
5
The petition of the poor goes from their mouth to God's ears, and his judgment comes quickly.
6
Anyone who hates reproof walks in the footsteps of a sinner, and those who fear the Lord will turn back to him from the heart.
7
Those who are powerful in speech are widely known, but those who are thoughtful know when they slip.
8
Those who build their houses with another person's money are like those who gather stones for their own burial mound.
9
A gathering of lawless people is the same as bundled flax; their end is a flaming fire.
10
The path of sinners is made level with stones, but its end is the pit of hell.