The chapter as it stands, read forward into the canon it would help write. Beside each verse, the New Testament places that quote, allude to, or echo it — follow any to read it in its own argument. The verse number opens its full reception dossier.
Follow not your own mind and your strength, To walk in the desires of your heart;
And say not, Who will have dominion over me? For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me? For the Lord is longsuffering.
Concerning atonement, be not without fear, To add sin upon sins:
And say not, His compassion is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath are with him, And his indignation will rest upon sinners.
Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord; And put not off from day to day: For suddenly will the wrath of the Lord come forth; And you will perish in the time of vengeance.
Set not your heart upon unrighteous gains: For you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
Winnow not with every wind, And walk not in every path: Thus does the sinner that has a double tongue.
Be stedfast in your understanding; And let your word be one.
If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; And if not, let your hand be upon your mouth.
Glory and dishonor is in talk: And the tongue of a man is his fall.
Be not called a whisperer; And lie not in wait with your tongue: For upon the thief there is shame, And an evil condemnation upon him that has a double tongue.
In a great matter and in a small, be not ignorant;