1 - Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.
2 - Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.
3 - My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
4 - Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
5 - Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.
6 - Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.
7 - Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,
8 - Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
9 - Be not fainthearted in thy mind:
10 - Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.
11 - Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings.
12 - Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.
13 - Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.
14 - Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
15 - Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
16 - Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.
17 - Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.
18 - Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.
19 - Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.
20 - Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.
21 - Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.
22 - Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.
23 - Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.
24 - Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
25 - Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.
26 - Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.
27 - Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.
28 - If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,
29 - Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:
30 - Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make a return to them as they have done for thee.
31 - With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence his priests.
32 - With all thy strength love him that made thee: and forsake not his ministers.
33 - Honour God with all thy soul and give honour to the priests, and purify thyself with thy arms.
34 - Give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, of the firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself with a few.
35 - Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things:
36 - And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected.
37 - A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
38 - Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them that mourn.
39 - Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love.
40 - In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
