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.
10. Never trust your enemy: For like as the brass rusts, so is his wickedness.
11. Though he humble himself, and go crouching, Yet take good heed, and beware of him, And you shall be to him as one that has wiped a mirror, And you shall know that he has not utterly rusted it.
12. Set him not by you, Lest he overthrow you and stand in your place; Let him not sit on your right hand, Lest he seek to take your seat, And at the last you acknowledge my words, And be pricked with my sayings.
13. Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, Or any that come near wild beasts?