If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,

Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice?

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.