⁵ A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

²¹ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

²⁰ That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.