12. Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
13. Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.
14. Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.
15. Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?
16. Give and take, and justify thy soul.
17. Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.
18. All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
19. Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
20. Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.
21. And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.
22. Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.
23. He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:
24. He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:
25. He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.
26. He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:
27. He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.