²⁷ ¶ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

²⁸ Do not say unto thy neighbour, Go and come again and tomorrow I will give when thou hast it by thee.

²⁴ ¶ There are those who scatter, and more is added unto them; and there are those who withhold more than is just, but come to poverty.

²⁵ ¶ The soul who is a blessing unto others shall be made fat, and he that fills shall be filled also himself.

²⁶ ¶ He that withholds the grain, the people shall curse him, but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.

²² ¶ A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children’s children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

²¹ ¶ The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

¹⁶ ¶ A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.

¹⁷ ¶ He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

¹³ ¶ Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.

⁹ ¶ He that has a merciful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the destitute.

¹⁴ ¶ Whosoever boasts in a gift of falsehood is like clouds and wind without rain.

²⁷ ¶ He that gives unto the poor shall never lack, but he that hides his eyes from the poor shall have many a curse.