2 Run away from sinlike you would from a snake:If you go near it, it will bite you.Its teeth are lion’s teeth,destroying a person’s life.
3 All lawlessness is a two-edged sword,and there’s no healing for its wound.
4 Alarm and insolence will strip away wealth;thus will an arrogant person’s housebe uprooted.
5 The petition of the poor goesfrom their mouth to God’s ears,and his judgment comes quickly.
6 Anyone who hates reproofwalks in the footsteps of a sinner,and those who fear the Lordwill turn back to him from the heart.
7 Those who are powerful in speechare widely known,but those who are thoughtfulknow when they slip.
8 Those who build their houseswith another person’s moneyare like those who gather stonesfor their own burial mound.