20. a Guardian from offenses, and a Helper from falling, who exalts the soul and illuminates the eyes, and who gives health and life and blessing.
21. An immolation from iniquity is a stained oblation, and the derisions of the unjust are not well pleasing.
22. The Lord is only for those who persevere for him in the way of truth and justice.
23. The Most High does not approve of the gifts of the iniquitous. Neither does he have respect for the oblations of the unjust; neither will he forgive their sins because of the multitude of their sacrifices.
24. Whoever offers a sacrifice from the substance of the poor is like one who sacrifices the son in the sight of his father.
25. The bread of the indigent is the life of the poor. Whoever cheats them out of it is a man of blood.
26. Whoever takes away the bread of sweat is like one who kills his neighbor.
27. He who sheds blood, and he who cheats the hired hand out of his wages, are brothers.
28. When one builds and another destroys, what benefit do they have from their labor?
29. When one prays and another curses, whose voice will God heed?
30. He who washes himself after touching the dead, and then touches him again, what was the benefit of his washing?
31. Similarly, a man who fasts for his sins, and then does the same again, what was the benefit of his humbling himself? Who will heed his prayer?