7. Many refuse to lend, not out of meanness,but from fear of being cheated needlessly.
8. But with those in humble circumstances be patient;do not keep them waiting for your alms.
9. Because of the commandment, help the poor,and in their need, do not send them away empty-handed.
10. Lose your money for relative or friend;do not hide it under a stone to rot.
11. Dispose of your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High,and that will profit you more than the gold.
12. Store up almsgiving in your treasury,and it will save you from every evil.
13. Better than a mighty shield and a sturdy spearit will fight for you against the enemy.
14. A good person will be surety for a neighbor,but whoever has lost a sense of shame will fail him.
15. Do not forget the kindness of your backer,for he has given his very life for you.
16. A sinner will turn the favor of a pledge into misfortune,
17. and the ungrateful will abandon his rescuer.
18. Going surety has ruined many who were prosperousand tossed them about like waves of the sea;It has exiled the prominentand sent them wandering through foreign lands.