²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due
    when it is within your power to give it.
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go away! Come back some other time.
I will give something to you tomorrow,”
when in fact it is already with you right now.
²⁹ Do not plan harm against your neighbor
    when he is living with you peacefully.
³⁰ Do not quarrel with a person for no good reason
    when he has done nothing to harm you.
³¹ Do not envy a violent person.
Do not choose any of his ways,
³² because a crooked person is an abomination^[a] to the Lord,
but God’s friendly guidance leads^[b] the upright.

² Treasures gained by wickedness produce no profit,
but righteousness saves from death.

³ Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life.
Whoever opens his lips carelessly ruins himself.

¹¹ Wealth gained out of thin air^[a] shrinks,
but wealth accumulated by steady work grows.

² Whoever walks in the right way fears the Lord,
but a person who is devious in his ways despises him.

⁵ A faithful witness does not lie,
but a false witness breathes lies.

²⁷ Someone who is greedy for gain brings trouble to his own household,
but a person who hates bribes will live.

⁶ Through mercy and truth, guilt is atoned for,
and through the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than a large income without justice.