Didache 3:1-16

¹My child, flee from every evil thing, and from every likeness of it.

²Be not prone to anger, for anger leads to murder.

³Be neither jealous, nor quarrelsome, nor of hot temper, for out of all these murders are engendered.

⁴My child, be not a lustful one. for lust leads to fornication.

⁵Be neither a filthy talker, nor of lofty eye, for out of all these adulteries are engendered.

⁶My child, be not an observer of omens, since it leads to idolatry.

⁷Be neither an enchanter, nor an astrologer, nor a purifier, nor be willing to took at these things, for out of all these idolatry is engendered.

⁸My child, be not a liar, since a lie leads to theft.

⁹Be neither money-loving, nor vainglorious, for out of all these thefts are engendered.

¹⁰My child, be not a murmurer, since it leads the way to blasphemy.

¹¹Be neither self-willed nor evil-minded, for out of all these blasphemies are engendered.

¹²Rather, be meek, since the meek shall inherit the earth.

¹³Be long-suffering and pitiful and guileless and gentle and good and always trembling at the words which you have heard.

¹⁴You shall not exalt yourself, nor give over-confidence to your soul.

¹⁵Your soul shall not be joined with lofty ones, but with just and lowly ones shall it have its intercourse.

¹⁶Accept whatever happens to you as good, knowing that apart from God nothing comes to pass.