¹² Do not devise^[a] a lie against your brother,
    nor do the like to a friend.
¹³ Refuse to utter any lie,
    for the habit of lying serves no good.
¹⁴ Do not prattle in the assembly of the elders,
    nor repeat yourself in your prayer.

²⁴ A lie is an ugly blot on a man;
    it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
²⁵ A thief is preferable to a habitual liar,
    but the lot of both is ruin.