6. Do not forget your comrade during the battle,and do not neglect him when you distribute your spoils.
7. Every counselor points out a way,but some counsel ways of their own.
8. Watch out when one offers advice;find out first of all what he wants.For he also may be thinking of himself—Why should the opportunity fall to him?
9. He may tell you how good your way will be,and then stand by to see you impoverished.
10. Seek no advice from your father-in-law,and from one who is envious of you, keep your intentions hidden.
11. Seek no advice from a woman about her rival,from a coward about war,from a merchant about business,from a buyer about value,from a miser about generosity,from a cruel person about well-being,from a worthless worker about his work,from a seasonal laborer about the harvest,from an idle slave about a great task—pay no attention to any advice they give.
12. Instead, associate with a religious person,who you know keeps the commandments;Who is like-minded with yourselfand will grieve for you if you fall.
13. Then, too, heed your own heart’s counsel;for there is nothing you can depend on more.
14. The heart can reveal your situationbetter than seven sentinels on a tower.
15. Then with all this, pray to Godto make your steps firm in the true path.
16. A word is the source of every deed;a thought, of every act.
17. The root of all conduct is the heart;
18. four branches it shoots forth:Good and evil, death and life,and their absolute mistress is the tongue.
19. One may be wise and benefit many,yet appear foolish to himself.