| 1 | The senseless have vain and false hopes, and dreams give wings to fools. |
| 2 | As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is anyone who believes in dreams. |
| 3 | What is seen in dreams is but a reflection, the likeness of a face looking at itself. |
| 4 | From an unclean thing what can be clean? And from something false what can be true? |
| 5 | Divinations and omens and dreams are unreal, and like a woman in labor, the mind has fantasies. |
| 6 | Unless they are sent by intervention from the Most High, pay no attention to them. |
| 7 | For dreams have deceived many, and those who put their hope in them have perished. |
| 8 | Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled, and wisdom is complete in the mouth of the faithful. |
| 9 | An educated person knows many things, and one with much experience knows what he is talking about. |
| 10 | An inexperienced person knows few things, |
| 11 | but he that has traveled acquires much cleverness. |
| 12 | I have seen many things in my travels, and I understand more than I can express. |
| 13 | I have often been in danger of death, but have escaped because of these experiences. |
| 14 | The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, |
| 15 | for their hope is in him who saves them. |
| 16 | Those who fear the Lord will not be timid, or play the coward, for he is their hope. |
| 17 | Happy is the soul that fears the Lord! |
| 18 | To whom does he look? And who is his support? |
| 19 | The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him, a mighty shield and strong support, a shelter from scorching wind and a shade from noonday sun, a guard against stumbling and a help against falling. |
| 20 | He lifts up the soul and makes the eyes sparkle; he gives health and life and blessing. |
| 21 | If one sacrifices ill-gotten goods, the offering is blemished; |
| 22 | the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable. |
| 23 | The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly, nor for a multitude of sacrifices does he forgive sins. |
| 24 | Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is the person who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor. |
| 25 | The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a murderer. |
| 26 | To take away a neighbor’s living is to commit murder; |
| 27 | to deprive an employee of wages is to shed blood. |
| 28 | When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but hard work? |
| 29 | When one prays and another curses, to whose voice will the Lord listen? |
| 30 | If one washes after touching a corpse, and touches it again, what has been gained by washing? |
| 31 | So if one fasts for his sins, and goes again and does the same things, who will listen to his prayer? And what has he gained by humbling himself? |