7. Keep an accurate record of any deposits you make or of anything you give or receive.
8. Don't hesitate to correct someone who is acting foolishly or an old man who goes about with prostitutes. All this is worthwhile advice, and if you follow it, everyone will approve of your behaviour.
9. Although he will not let his daughter know it, a father will lie awake at night worrying about her. If she is young, he worries that she might not get married. If she is already married, he worries about her happiness.
10. If she is a virgin, he worries that she might be seduced and become pregnant while living in his house. If she is married, he worries that she might be unfaithful, or that she might not be able to have children.
11. Keep a close watch over your daughter if she is determined to have her own way. If you don't, she may make a fool of you in front of your enemies. You will be a constant joke to everyone in town, a public disgrace. Make sure that her room has no windows or any place where she can look out to the entrance of the house.
12. Don't let her show off her beauty in front of men, or spend her time talking with the women.
13. Women hurt other women just as moths damage clothing.
14. A man's wickedness is better than a woman's goodness; women bring shame and disgrace.
15. Now I will remind you of the works of the Lordand describe the things I have seen.The words of the Lord brought his works into being,and the whole creation obeys his commands.
16. The light of the sun shines down on everything,and everything is filled with the Lord's glory.
17. Not even to his holy angels has the Lord given powerto describe all his mighty deeds,even though he has given them powerto stand unharmed in his glorious presence.
18. He sees into the oceans and into the human heart,and he knows the secrets of both.The Most High knows everything that can be knownand understands the signs of the ages.
19. He knows all that has ever been and all that ever will be;he uncovers the deepest of mysteries.
20. He takes notice of our every thoughtand hears our every word.
21. The orderly world shows the greatness of his wisdom;he is the same for ever and ever.Nothing can be added to him, and nothing taken away;he needs no one to give him advice.