7. Many on account of men’s ill-dealing have turned away; They have feared to be defrauded for nothing.
8. Howbeit with a man in poor estate be longsuffering; And let him not wait for your alms.
9. Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake; And according to his need send him not empty away.
10. Lose your money for a brother and a friend; And let it not rust under the stone to be lost.
11. Bestow your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High; And it shall profit you more than gold.
12. Shut up alms in your store-chambers; And it shall deliver you out of all affliction:
13. It shall fight for you against your enemy Better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
14. A good man will be surety for his neighbor; And he that has lost shame will fail him.
15. Forget not the good offices of your surety; For he has given his life for you.
16. A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety;
17. And he that is of an unthankful mind will fail him that delivered him.
18. Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.
19. A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.
20. Help your neighbor according to your power, And take heed to yourself that you fall not to the same.
21. The chief thing for life is water, and bread, And a garment, and a house to cover shame.
22. Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs, Than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
23. With little or with much, be well satisfied.
24. It is a miserable life to go from house to house: And where you are a sojourner, you shall not dare to open your mouth.