1 I know the evils you will do in the last days. So beware, my children, of sexual immorality and the love of money, and listen to Judah your father.⁠a 2 These things pull you away from the law of God, blind the soul's inclination, and teach arrogance. They keep a man from showing compassion to his neighbor, rob his soul of all goodness, weigh him down with toil and trouble, drive sleep away from him, and consume his body. 3 Such a man hinders the sacrifices of God, forgets the blessing of God, refuses to listen to a prophet when he speaks, and resents words of godliness. 4 For he is a slave to two opposing passions and cannot obey God, because they have blinded his soul, and he walks in the daytime as if it were night.