That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;