⁷ Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

⁴ For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

⁷ Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

² Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

³ Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

⁴ You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

⁵ As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

⁴ Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

²¹ Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.

²² For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.

² They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

⁵ But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?

⁶ In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?

⁷ But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?

⁸ Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.

² And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.