5. Even before the twigs have had a chance to bud, they will be broken off. Their fruit will be useless. It will never ripen and be fit to eat. It’ll be good for absolutely nothing.
6. Children born of sex outside the bounds of the Law will be called as witnesses against their parents’ illicit sex when the time for judgment comes.
7. In contrast, those who have done what is right will be at rest, even if they die an early death.
8. Those who are old aren’t honorable simply because time has passed. Old age isn’t measured by counting up a person’s years.
9. Wisdom and a spotless life are the marks of honorable maturity.
10. There was a man who pleased God, was loved by God, and was taken away from living in the midst of sinners.
11. He was snatched away so that evil didn't pervert his understanding and so that deception didn't corrupt his soul.
12. Envying what is worthless blinds people to what is good, and the whirlwind of desire undermines an innocent mind.