12 But rather be continually with a godly man, Whom you shall have known to be a keeper of the commandments, Who in his soul is as your own soul, And who will grieve with you, if you shall miscarry.
13 And make the counsel of your heart to stand; For there is none more faithful to you than it.
14 For a man’s soul is sometime wont to bring him tidings, More than seven watchmen that sit on high on a watch-tower.
15 And above all this entreat the Most High, That he may direct your way in truth.
16 Let reason be the beginning of every work, And let counsel go before every action.
17 As a token of the changing of the heart,
18 four manner of things do rise up, Good and evil, life and death; And that which rules over them continually is the tongue.