(Edgar Goodspeed translation)
5: 1 - 6:1
Do not set your heart on your wealth, and do not say, "It is enough for me." Do not follow your soul and your strength and pursue the desires of your heart. Do not say, "Who can have power over me?" For the Lord will certainly take vengeance. Do not say, "I sinned, yet what happened to me?" for the Lord is long-suffering. As for atonement for the multitude of my sins." For mercy and wrath are both with him, And His anger will rest upon sinners. Do not put off turning back to the Lord, and do not postpone it from day to day; for the Lord's wrath will suddenly come forth, and in the time of vengeance you will perish. Do not set your heart on unrighteous gain, for it will be of no benefit to you in the time of misfortune. Do not winnow in every wind, and do not follow every path; that is what the deceitful sinner does.
Let what you say be one. Be quick to hear, and make your reply with patience. If you possess understanding, answer your neighbor, but if you do not have it, keep your hand over your mouth! Both glory and disgrace come from speaking, and a mortal's tongue is his downfall. Do not be known as a whisperer, and do not set an ambush with your tongue, for shame rests upon the thief, and evil condemnation on the double-tongued. Do not be ignorant in great matters or in small,
6:1 (continued from previous verse 5:15) - And do not prove an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name incurs disgrace and reproach; so does a sinner who is double-tongued.
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