1 For the sake of profit many sin,and the struggle for wealth blinds the eyes.
2 A stake will be driven between fitted stones—sin will be wedged in between buying and selling.
3 Unless one holds fast to the fear of the Lord,with sudden swiftness will one’s house be thrown down.
4 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear;so do people’s faults when they speak.
5 The furnace tests the potter’s vessels;the test of a person is in conversation.
6 The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had;so speech discloses the bent of a person’s heart.