1<\/sup>Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Seek 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil. nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>Fear 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.<\/span> <\/p>\n 35<\/sup>Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.<\/span> <\/p>\n 36<\/sup>Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.<\/span> <\/p>\n