17. If an adam is burdened with dahm (blood, murder) of any nefesh, let him be a fugitive ad bor (till the pit, death); let no ish help him.
18. He who walketh tamim (blamelessly) shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his drakhim shall fall suddenly.
19. He that tilleth his adamah shall have plenty of lechem, but he that chaseth after empty things shall have poverty enough.
20. An ish emunot (faithful man, loyal man) shall abound with birkhot, but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.
21. To show partiality is not tov; for a piece of lechem that gever will transgress.
22. He that hasteth to be rich hath a rah ayin, and considereth not that want shall come upon him.
23. He that rebuketh an adam afterwards shall find more chen (favor) than he that flattereth with the lashon.
24. He who robbeth aviv or immo, and saith, It is no peysha (transgression), the same is the chaver (fellow, companion) of an ish mashchit (man of destruction).
25. The covetous stirreth up strife, but he that putteth his trust in Hashem shall be prospered.
26. He that trusteth in his own lev is a kesil (fool), but he who walketh in chochmah, he shall be delivered.