הֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָק֔וֹת וְדֹבֵ֖ר מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס בְּבֶ֣צַע מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת נֹעֵ֤ר כַּפָּיו֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ךְ בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד אֹטֵ֤ם אָזְנוֹ֙ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ דָּמִ֔ים וְעֹצֵ֥ם עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְא֥וֹת בְּרָֽע׃
Ang lumalakad sa katuwiran at nagsasalita nang matapat; ang tumatanggi sa pakinabang na nakuha sa pang-aapi, ang nagwawaksi ng kanyang mga kamay upang hindi humawak ng suhol, ang nagtatakip ng kanyang tainga upang hindi makarinig tungkol sa pagdanak ng dugo, at pumipikit ng kanyang mga mata upang hindi tumingin sa masama.
The Improvement of the Moral Qualities
The sense of hearing is next in point of importance. Though the effect of this sense upon the soul is more readily felt than that of sight,2Kaufmann (p. 141, note 4). man does not heed it as he does the eye. Under good training, with reference to this sense, is included man's refraining from listening to indecent things, and not judging in regard to the pleasant tones which he hears according to their sound, but according to their meaning and intent. One ought not to be ensnared by what he hears, as the bird is ensnared by the sounds to which it inclines with admiration; and one ought to know of the places where it is necessary to pay good heed and those wherein it is not fitting to listen at all, as he of whom it is said (Isa. xxxiii. 15), "that stoppeth his ears from the hearing of blood."