That you may walk in the ways of the good and keep the ways of the righteous.

The good man obtains favor from Jehovah, but He will condemn a man of wicked devices.

And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.

For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some would even be bold enough to die.

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is blessed.

If there is among you, of your brethren within any of the gates in your land which Jehovah your God is giving you, a man who is in need, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your needy brother,

Beware that there not be a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, approaches; and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to Jehovah against you, and it become sin unto you.

If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

(when from my youth, as a father I have raised him, and from my mother's womb I guided her);

if his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

He, also, who is slothful in his work is brother to a ruler who destroys.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Prepare your work outside, and make ready for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart;

Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I observed and received instruction.

so shall your poverty come like a prowler, and your want like an armed man.

Know and recognize the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is visible, and mountain herbs are gathered,

And you shall have enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household, and the sustenance of your maidens.

So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.

not slothful in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full true knowledge and all discernment,