1 My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto; And make supplication for your former sins.
2 Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent; For if you draw near it will bite you: The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men.
3 All iniquity is as a two-edged sword; Its stroke has no healing.
4 Terror and violence will lay waste riches; So the house of a haughty man shall be laid waste.
5 Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.