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27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it to you,”
    when you have it by you.
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
    since he dwells securely by you.
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause,
    if he has done you no harm.
31 Don’t envy the man of violence.
    Choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but his friendship is with the upright.

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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11 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but accurate weights are his delight.

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He who guards his mouth guards his soul.
    One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,
    but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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A truthful witness will not lie,
    but a false witness pours out lies.

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27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
    but he who hates bribes will live.

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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

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Better is a little with righteousness,
    than great revenues with injustice.

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11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
    and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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