^27 (A)Do not withhold good from ^[a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.
^28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
²⁹ Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.
^30 (C)Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

^31 (D)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;
³² For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
^(E)But His secret counsel is with the upright.

^2 (A)Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
^(B)But righteousness delivers from death.

^11 (A)Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.

² He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
^(A)But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

⁵ A ^(A)faithful witness does not lie,
But a false witness will utter ^(B)lies.

^27 (A)He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who hates bribes will live.

^6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And ^(B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.