21 A nachalah (inheritance) may be gotten hastily at the rishonah (beginning); but the acharit (latter end) thereof shall not have a bracha.
22 Say not thou, I will pay back rah; but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee.
23 Differing weights are a to'evah unto Hashem, and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov.
24 The steps of a gever are from Hashem; how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, life's course)?
25 It is a mokesh adam to devote rashly as kodesh, and after nedarim (vows) to reconsider his consecration.
26 A melech chacham winnows out the resha'im and bringeth the ofan (threshing wheel) over them.
27 The neshamah of adam is the ner (light) of Hashem, searching all the innermost beten.