²⁸ Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you.

¹³ "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

¹² If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

¹³ you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

¹⁴ You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:

¹⁵ in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

¹ Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

⁶ In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.

¹¹ But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

³ But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

¹⁸ that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;