11. Many, by admiring the beauty of the wife of another, have become reprobate. For familiarity with her flares up like a fire.
12. You should not sit down at all with another man's wife, nor recline with her on a couch.
13. And you should not argue with her over wine, lest perhaps your heart may turn toward her, and by your emotion, you would be toppled into perdition.
14. You should not abandon a old friend. For a new one will not be similar to him.
15. A new friend is like new wine. It will grow old, and then you will enjoy drinking it.
16. You should not envy the glory and wealth of a sinner. For you do not know what may be his undoing in the future.
17. The injury of the unjust should not please you, knowing that, until they are in hell, the impious will not please.
18. Keep yourself far from a man having the power to kill, and then you will not have the fear of death suspended over you.
19. But if you do approach him, do nothing to offend, lest perhaps he may take away your life.
20. Know that this is a communion with death. For you would be entering the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of the grieving.
21. According to your ability, be cautious of your neighbor, and treat him as the wise and prudent would.