²⁷ Don’t hold back good from those who are worthy of it.
    Don’t hold it back when you can help.
²⁸ Suppose you already have something to give.
    Don’t say to your neighbor,
“Come back tomorrow.
    I’ll give it to you then.”

²⁹ Don’t plan to harm your neighbor.
    He lives near you and trusts you.
³⁰ Don’t bring charges against anyone for no reason.
    They have not harmed you.

³¹ Don’t be jealous of a person who hurts others.
    Don’t choose any of their ways.
³² The Lord really hates sinful people.
    But he makes honest people his closest friends.

² Riches that are gained by sinning aren’t worth anything.
    But doing what is right saves you from death.

11 The Lord hates it when people use scales to cheat others.
    But he is delighted when people use honest weights.

³ Those who guard what they say guard their lives.
    But those who speak without thinking will be destroyed.

¹¹ Money gained in the wrong way disappears.
    But money gathered little by little grows.

² Whoever has respect for the Lord lives a good life.
    But those who hate him walk down an evil path.

⁵ An honest witness does not lie.
    But a dishonest witness pours out lies.

²⁷ Those who always want more bring ruin to their households.
    But a person who refuses to be paid to lie will live.

⁶ Through love and truth sin is paid for.
    People avoid evil when they have respect for the Lord.

⁸ It is better to have a little and do right
    than to have a lot and be unfair.