Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

A needy man, shall he be that loveth merriment, the lover of wine and oil, shall not become rich.

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;

Answer a dullard according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.

When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.

When the lawless become great, transgression increaseth, but, the righteous, shall behold, their ruin.