Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?