He that taketh vengeance shall find vengeance from the Lord;

2 Forgive thy neighbor the hurt that he hath done thee;

3 Man cherisheth anger against man;

4 Upon a man like himself he hath no mercy;

5 He being himself flesh nourisheth wrath:

6 Remember thy last end, and cease from enmity:

7 Remember the commandments, and be not wroth with thy neighbor;

8 Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins:

9 And a man that is a sinner will trouble friends,

10 As is the fuel of the fire, so will it burn;

11 A contention begun in haste kindleth a fire;

12 If thou blow a spark, it shall burn;

13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued:

14 A third person’s tongue hath shaken many,

15 A third person’s tongue hath cast out brave women,

16 He that hearkeneth unto it shall not find rest,

17 The stroke of a whip maketh a mark in the flesh;

18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword:

19 Happy is he that is sheltered from it,

20 For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron,

21 The death thereof is an evil death;

22 It shall not have rule over godly men;

23 They that forsake the Lord shall fall into it;

24 Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns;

25 And make a balance and a weight for thy words;

26 Take heed lest thou slip therein;