1. Son, you should not cheat the poor out of alms, nor should you avert your eyes from a poor man.
2. You should not despise the hungry soul, and you should not aggravate a poor man in his need.
3. You should not afflict the heart of the needy, and you should not delay an offer to someone in anguish.
4. You should not make requests of one who is greatly troubled, and you should not avert your face from the indigent.
5. You should not avert your eyes from the needy out of anger. And you should not abandon those who seek help from you, so that they speak curses behind your back.
6. For the pleadings of him who speaks curses of you, in the bitterness of his soul, will be heeded. For the One who made him will heed him.
7. Make yourself a friend to the congregation of the poor, and humble your soul before an elder, and humble your head before the great.
8. Turn your ear without sadness toward the poor, and repay your debt, and respond to him peacefully in meekness.
9. Free him who suffers injury at the hand of the arrogant, and do not carry animosity in your soul.
10. In judging, be merciful to the orphan, like a father, and be merciful to their mother, like a husband.
11. And then you shall be like an obedient son of the Most High, and he will take pity on you more than a mother would.
12. Wisdom breathes life into her sons, and she lifts up those who are seeking her, and she will precede them in the way of justice.
13. And he who loves her loves life. And those who watch for her shall embrace her delights.
14. Those who hold to her will inherit life. And whatever place she enters, God will bless.
15. Those who serve her will yield to what is holy. And God loves those who love wisdom.
16. He who listens to her shall judge the nations. And he who gazes upon her will remain secure.
17. If he believes in her, he will inherit her, and whatever arises from him will be confirmed.
18. For she walks with him through temptation, and she chooses him from the beginning.