30 Water will quench a flaming fire;

almsgiving will make atonement for sins.

31 He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward.

In the time of his falling he will find a support.

4 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living.

Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.

2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful,

or provoke a man in his distress.

3 Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked.

Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.

4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction.

Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.

5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks.

Give no occasion to a man to curse you.

6 Because if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul,

he who made him will hear his supplication.

7 Endear yourself to the assembly.

Bow your head to a great man.

8 Incline your ear to a poor man.

Answer him with peaceful words in humility.

9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him;

Don’t be hesitant in giving judgement.

10 Be as a father to the fatherless,

and like a husband to their mother.

So you will be as a son of the Most High,

and he will love you more than your mother does.