3
All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; there is no healing for its wound.
4
Terror and violence will lay waste riches; thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
5
The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.
6
Whoever hates reproof walks in the steps of the sinner, but he that fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
7
He who is mighty in speech is known from afar; but the sensible man, when he slips, is aware of it.
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.