¹¹ If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain—

¹² if thou sayest, “Behold, we knew it not”—doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? And He that keepeth thy soul, doth He not know it? And shall not He render to every man according to his works?

³ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack, but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.