"Our End."

"Start a youth out on his way;

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

A generous person will be blessed,

for he shares his food with the poor.

Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too;

then quarreling and dishonor will cease.

The one who loves a pure heart

and gracious lips—the king is his friend.

The Lord's eyes keep watch over knowledge,

but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

The slacker says, "There's a lion outside!

I'll be killed in the public square!"

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;