1 Many have sinned for a thing indifferent; And he that seeks to multiply gain will turn his eye away.
2 A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones; And sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.
3 Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord, His house shall soon be overthrown.
4 In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains; So the filth of man in his reasoning.
5 The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels; And the trial of a man is in his reasoning.