1. If you do good, know to whom you do it; And your good deeds shall have thanks.
2. Do good to a godly man, and you shall find a recompense; And if not from him, yet from the Most High.
3. There shall no good come to him that continueth to do evil, Nor to him that gives no alms.
4. Give to the godly man, And help not the sinner.
5. Do good to one that is lowly, And give not to an ungodly man: Keep back his bread, and give it not to him, Lest he overmaster you thereby: For you shall receive twice as much evil For all the good you shall have done to him.
6. For the Most High also hates sinners, And will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
7. Give to the good man, And help not the sinner.
8. A man’s friend will not be fully tried in prosperity; And his enemy will not be hidden in adversity.
9. In a man’s prosperity his enemies are grieved; And in his adversity even his friend will be separated from him.