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[1] He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor.
He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
[2] Lend to your neighbor in time of his need.
Repay your neighbor on time.
[3] Confirm your word, and keep faith with him;
and at all seasons you will find what you need.
[4] Many have considered a loan to be a windfall,
and have given trouble to those who helped them.
[5] Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands.
For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively.
Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time,
return excuses, and complain about the season.
[6] If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half;
and he will count it as a windfall.
If not, he has deprived him of his money,
and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause.
He will pay him with cursing and railing.
Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
[7] Many on account of fraud have turned away.
They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
[8] However be patient with a man in poor estate.
Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
[9] Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.
According to his need don’t send him empty away.
[10] Lose your money for a brother and a friend.
Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
[11] Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High
and it will profit you more than gold.
[12] Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers
and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
[13] It will fight for you against your enemy
better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear. [14] A good man will be surety for his neighbor.
He who has lost shame will fail him.
[15] Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor,
for he has given his life for you.
[16] A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
[17] He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
[18] Being surety has undone many who were prospering
and shaken them as a wave of the sea.
It has driven mighty men from their homes.
They wandered among foreign nations.
[19] A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work
will fall into lawsuits.
[20] Help your neighbor according to your power,
and be careful not to fall yourself. [21] The essentials of life are water, bread,
a garment, and a house for privacy.
[22] Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs
than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
[23] With little or with much, be well satisfied.ⓘ
[24] It is a miserable life to go from house to house.
Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
[25] You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks.
In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
[26] “Come here, you sojourner, set a table,
and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
[27] “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here.
My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
[28] These things are grievous to a man of understanding:
The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 29:23 The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
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Septuaginta
[1] Ὁ G3588 ποιῶν G4160 ἔλεος G1656 δανιεῖ G1155 τῷ G3588 πλησίον, G4139 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἐπισχύων G2001 τῇ G3588 χειρὶ G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 τηρεῖ G5083 ἐντολάς. G1785 [2] Δάνεισον G1155 τῷ G3588 πλησίον G4139 ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 χρείας G5532 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 πάλιν G3825 ἀπόδος G591 τῷ G3588 πλησίον G4139 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 καιρόν· G2540 [3] στερέωσον G4732 λόγον G3056 καὶ G2532 πιστώθητι G4104 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 καιρῷ G2540 εὑρήσεις G2147 τὴν G3588 χρείαν G5532 σου. G4675 [4] Πολλοὶ G4183 ὡς G5613 εὕρεμα ἐνόμισαν G3543 δάνος καὶ G2532 παρέσχον G3930 κόπον G2873 τοῖς G3588 βοηθήσασιν G997 αὐτοῖς. G846 [5] Ἕως G2193 οὗ G3739 λάβῃ, G2983 καταφιλήσει G2705 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τῶν G3588 χρημάτων G5536 τοῦ G3588 πλησίον G4139 ταπεινώσει G5013 φωνήν· G5456 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 ἀποδόσεως παρελκύσει χρόνον G5550 καὶ G2532 ἀποδώσει G591 λόγους G3056 ἀκηδίας καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 καιρὸν G2540 αἰτιάσεται. [6] Ἐὰν G1437 ἰσχύσῃ, G2480 μόλις G3433 κομίσεται G2865 τὸ G3588 ἥμισυ G2255 καὶ G2532 λογιεῖται G3049 αὐτὸ G846 ὡς G5613 εὕρεμα· εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 μή, G3361 ἀπεστέρησεν G650 αὐτὸν G846 τῶν G3588 χρημάτων G5536 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐκτήσατο G2932 αὐτὸν G846 ἐχθρὸν G2190 δωρεάν· G1431 κατάρας G2671 καὶ G2532 λοιδορίας G3059 ἀποδώσει G591 αὐτῷ G846 καὶ G2532 ἀντὶ G473 δόξης G1391 ἀποδώσει G591 αὐτῷ G846 ἀτιμίαν. G819 [7] Πολλοὶ G4183 οὐ G3756 χάριν G5485 πονηρίας G4189 ἀπέστρεψαν, G654 ἀποστερηθῆναι G650 δωρεὰν G1431 εὐλαβήθησαν. G2125 [8] Πλὴν G4133 ἐπὶ G1909 ταπεινῷ G5011 μακροθύμησον G3114 καὶ G2532 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐλεημοσύνῃ G1654 μὴ G3361 παρελκύσῃς αὐτόν. G846 [9] Χάριν G5485 ἐντολῆς G1785 ἀντιλαβοῦ G482 πένητος G3993 καὶ G2532 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 ἔνδειαν αὐτοῦ G846 μὴ G3361 ἀποστρέψῃς G654 αὐτὸν G846 κενόν. G2756 [10] Ἀπόλεσον G622 ἀργύριον G694 δι’ G1223 ἀδελφὸν G80 καὶ G2532 φίλον, G5384 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἰωθήτω ὑπὸ G5259 τὸν G3588 λίθον G3037 εἰς G1519 ἀπώλειαν. G684 [11] Θὲς G5087 τὸν G3588 θησαυρόν G2344 σου G4675 κατ’ G2596 ἐντολὰς G1785 ὑψίστου, G5310 καὶ G2532 λυσιτελήσει G3081 σοι G4671 μᾶλλον G3123 ἢ G2228 τὸ G3588 χρυσίον. G5553 [12] Σύγκλεισον G4788 ἐλεημοσύνην G1654 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ταμιείοις G5009 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 αὕτη G3778 ἐξελεῖταί G1807 σε G4571 ἐκ G1537 πάσης G3956 κακώσεως· G2561 [13] ὑπὲρ G5228 ἀσπίδα κράτους G2904 καὶ G2532 ὑπὲρ G5228 δόρυ ὁλκῆς κατέναντι G2713 ἐχθροῦ G2190 πολεμήσει G4170 ὑπὲρ G5228 σοῦ. G4675 [14] Ἀνὴρ G435 ἀγαθὸς G18 ἐγγυήσεται τὸν G3588 πλησίον, G4139 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἀπολωλεκὼς G622 αἰσχύνην G152 ἐγκαταλείψει G1459 αὐτόν. G846 [15] Χάριτας G5485 ἐγγύου G1450 μὴ G3361 ἐπιλάθῃ· G1950 ἔδωκεν G1325 γὰρ G1063 τὴν G3588 ψυχὴν G5590 αὐτοῦ G846 ὑπὲρ G5228 σοῦ. G4675 [16] Ἀγαθὰ G18 ἐγγύου G1450 ἀνατρέψει G396 ἁμαρτωλός, G268 καὶ G2532 ἀχάριστος G884 ἐν G1722 διανοίᾳ G1271 ἐγκαταλείψει G1459 ῥυσάμενον. G4506 [17] Ἐγγύη πολλοὺς G4183 ἀπώλεσεν G622 κατευθύνοντας G2720 καὶ G2532 ἐσάλευσεν G4531 αὐτοὺς G846 ὡς G5613 κῦμα G2949 θαλάσσης· G2281 [18] ἄνδρας G435 δυνατοὺς G1415 ἀπῴκισεν, καὶ G2532 ἐπλανήθησαν G4105 ἐν G1722 ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἀλλοτρίοις. G245 [19] Ἁμαρτωλὸς G268 ἐμπεσὼν G1706 εἰς G1519 ἐγγύην καὶ G2532 διώκων G1377 ἐργολαβίας ἐμπεσεῖται G1706 εἰς G1519 κρίσεις. G2920 [20] Ἀντιλαβοῦ G482 τοῦ G3588 πλησίον G4139 κατὰ G2596 δύναμίν G1411 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 πρόσεχε G4337 σεαυτῷ G4572 μὴ G3361 ἐμπέσῃς. G1706 [21] Ἀρχὴ G746 ζωῆς G2222 ὕδωρ G5204 καὶ G2532 ἄρτος G740 καὶ G2532 ἱμάτιον G2440 καὶ G2532 οἶκος G3624 καλύπτων G2572 ἀσχημοσύνην. G808 [22] Κρείσσων G2908 βίος G979 πτωχοῦ G4434 ὑπὸ G5259 σκέπην δοκῶν G1385 ἢ G2228 ἐδέσματα λαμπρὰ G2986 ἐν G1722 ἀλλοτρίοις. G245 [23] Ἐπὶ G1909 μικρῷ G3398 καὶ G2532 μεγάλῳ G3173 εὐδοκίαν G2107 ἔχε, G2192 καὶ G2532 ὀνειδισμὸν G3680 παροικίας G3940 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀκούσῃς. G191 [24] Ζωὴ G2222 πονηρὰ G4190 ἐξ G1537 οἰκίας G3614 εἰς G1519 οἰκίαν, G3614 καὶ G2532 οὗ G3757 παροικήσεις, G3939 οὐκ G3756 ἀνοίξεις G455 στόμα· G4750 [25] ξενιεῖς G3579 καὶ G2532 ποτιεῖς G4222 εἰς G1519 ἀχάριστα G884 καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 ἐπὶ G1909 τούτοις G5125 πικρὰ G4089 ἀκούσῃ G191 [26] Πάρελθε, G3928 πάροικε, G3941 κόσμησον G2885 τράπεζαν, G5132 καὶ G2532 εἴ G1487 τι G5100 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 χειρί G5495 σου, G4675 ψώμισόν G5595 με· G3165 [27] ἔξελθε, G1831 πάροικε, G3941 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 δόξης, G1391 ἐπεξένωταί μοι G3427 ὁ G3588 ἀδελφός, G80 χρεία G5532 τῆς G3588 οἰκίας. G3614 [28] Βαρέα G926 ταῦτα G5023 ἀνθρώπῳ G444 ἔχοντι G2192 φρόνησιν, G5428 ἐπιτίμησις οἰκίας G3614 καὶ G2532 ὀνειδισμὸς G3680 δανειστοῦ. G1157
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament