12 If you do good, know to whom you do it,

and your good deeds will have thanks.

2 Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward—

if not from him, then from the Most High.

3 No good will come to him who continues to do evil,

nor to him who gives no alms.

4 Give to the godly man,

and don’t help the sinner.

5 Do good to one who is lowly.

Don’t give to an ungodly man.

Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him,

lest he subdue you with it;

for you would receive twice as much evil

for all the good you would have done to him.

6 Because the Most High also hates sinners,

and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.[fn]

7 Give to the good man,

and don’t help the sinner.