²⁷ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

²⁸ Say not unto thy neighbor, “Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give,” when thou hast it with thee.

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely beside thee.

³⁰ Strive not with a man without cause if he has done thee no harm.

³¹ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways;

³² for the froward is an abomination to the Lord, but His secret is with the righteous.

² Treasures from wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivereth from death.

11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

³ He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life, but he that openeth wide his lips shall meet destruction.

¹¹ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.

² He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord, but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth Him.

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.

²⁷ He that is greedy for gain troubleth his own house, but he that hateth bribes shall live.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without righteousness.