³ Do not let mercy and truth forsake you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart,

¹⁷ The merciful man does good to his own soul,
    but he who is cruel troubles his own body.

²⁴ Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

⁸ He who by usury and unjust gain increases his substance
    will gather it for him who will pity the poor.