TSK · Whakatauki 24:7

Kei tawhiti atu ana tama i te ora, mongamonga noa ratou i te kuwaha, kahore hoki he kaiwhakaora.

Ki te mea i ara toku ringa hei pehi i te pani, i toku kitenga he awina tera moku kei te kuwaha;

Ano te nui o au mahi, e Ihowa! hohonu rawa ou whakaaro.

¶ Ki te tangata whakaaro nui e ahu whakarunga ana te ara ki te ora, he mea kia mahue ai i a ia te reinga o raro.

¶ Kaua e pahuatia te rawakore, no te mea he rawakore ia, kaua hoki e whakatupuria kinotia te tangata iti i te kuwaha:

Kia puaki tou mangai mo te wahangu, i te whakawakanga o te hunga katoa kua waiho mo te mate.

E whakatau he nei ki te tangata e korero ana, e whakatakoto rore nei mo te kairiri o te he i te kuwaha; a kahore he rawa i whakapeaua ketia ai e ratou te tangata tika.

E mohiotia ana hoki e ahau te maha o o koutou poka ke, me te kaha o o koutou hara: o koutou, e whakatupu kino nei i te tangata tika, e tango nei i te utu whakapati, e whakangau ke nei i ta te rawakore i te kuwaha.

Na e kore te tangata i te ngakau maori e tango i nga mea o te Wairua o te Atua: ki a ia he mea kuware era; a e kore ia e ahei te matau, he mea ma te Wairua ka kitea ai.