²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.^(A)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.^(B)
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

³¹ Do not envy^(C) the violent
    or choose any of their ways.

³² For the Lord detests the perverse^(D)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.^(E)

² Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,^(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.^(B)

11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,^(A)
    but accurate weights find favor with him.^(B)

³ Those who guard their lips^(A) preserve their lives,^(B)
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.^(C)

¹¹ Dishonest money dwindles away,^(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

² Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

⁵ An honest witness does not deceive,
    but a false witness pours out lies.^(A)

²⁷ The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.^(A)

⁶ Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord^(A) evil is avoided.^(B)