7
Do not find fault before you investigate; first consider, and then reprove.
8
Do not answer before you have heard, nor interrupt a speaker in the midst of his words.
9
Do not argue about a matter which does not concern you, nor sit with sinners when they judge a case.
10
My son, do not busy yourself with many matters; if you multiply activities you will not go unpunished, and if you pursue you will not overtake, and by fleeing you will not escape.
11
There is a man who works, and toils, and presses on, but is so much the more in want.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.