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• There is one who is prevented from sinning by poverty, and in his rest, he will be vexed. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 23)

• There is one who, for the sake of what other’s think, makes a promise to a friend, and so he gains him as an enemy for no reason. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 25)

• Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and silence their mouths, turning them aside from their task of correction. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 31)

• Flee from sins, as if from the face of a serpent. For if you approach them, they will take hold of you. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 2)

• Supplications from the mouth of the pauper will reach all the way to the ears of God, and judgment will come to him quickly. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 6)

• He who has power by means of a bold tongue will be known from far away. But an understanding man knows to slip past him. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 8)

• Whoever explains a word to one who is not listening is like someone who suddenly awakens a sleeping person from a deep sleep. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 8)

• Keep yourself from him, so that you may not have problems, and so that you will not be polluted by his sin. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 15)

• Turn away from him, and you will find rest, and you will not be discouraged by his foolishness. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 16)

• If you have opened a harsh mouth against a friend, you should not fear; for there may be a reconciliation. However, if there are accusations, or abuse, or arrogance, or the revealing of secrets, or a wound from deceitfulness, in all these cases, a friend will flee away. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 27)

• Just as the steam from an oven, or the smoke from a fire, rises up before a flame, so also do curses and insults and threats rise up before bloodshed. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 30)

• I shall not be ashamed to greet a friend, nor shall I hide myself from his face. And if misfortunes befall me because of him, I will endure. (Ecclesiasticus 22, 31)