Chapter 7

Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.

²Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.

³My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

⁴Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.

⁵justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.

⁶Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.

⁷Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.

⁸Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.

⁹Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.

¹⁰Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.

¹¹Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.

¹²Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.

¹³Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.

¹⁴Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.

¹⁵Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.

¹⁶Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.

¹⁷Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.

¹⁸Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.

¹⁹Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.

²⁰Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil. nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.

²¹Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.

²²Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.

²³Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.

²⁴Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.

²⁵Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.

²⁶Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

²⁷Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.

²⁸Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?

²⁹Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.

³⁰Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.

³¹Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.

³²And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.

³³A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.

³⁴Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.

³⁵Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.

³⁶Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.