Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”

I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.