5. A fool is no longer called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be respectable;
6. for a fool speaks folly, and his heart works wickedness: to practise filthiness, and to speak against יהוה that which misleads, to starve the being of the hungry, and to withhold the drink from the thirsty.
7. And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.
8. But the generous one devises what is generous, and by generous deeds he rises up.