{21:1} Son, have you sinned? You should not add further sins. Then too, for your former sins, pray so that they may be forgiven you.
{21:2} Flee from sins, as if from the face of a serpent. For if you approach them, they will take hold of you.
{21:3} Their teeth are like the teeth of a lion, bringing death to the souls of men.
{21:4} All iniquity is like a two-edged spear; there is no healing in its wound.
{21:5} Reproach and injury will make resources useless. And a house that is exceedingly wealthy will become powerless through pride. In this way, the resources of the arrogant will be eradicated.
{21:6} Supplications from the mouth of the pauper will reach all the way to the ears of God, and judgment will come to him quickly.
{21:7} Whoever hates correction is walking in the steps of a sinner. But whoever fears God will convert within his heart.