A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. 2Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: 3And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number. 4He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised. 5He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil. 6He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned. 7Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse. 8Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not. 9For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always. 10Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. 11At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. 12As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. 13Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. 14Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. 15Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. 16And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. 17For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.