27  ^lDo not withhold good from those to whom it is due,¹

when it is in your power to do it.

28  ^mDo not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,

tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

29  Do not ⁿplan evil against your neighbor,

who dwells trustingly beside you.

30  Do not contend with a man for no reason,

when he has done you no harm.

31  Do not ^oenvy a man of violence

and do not choose any of his ways,

32  for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,

but the upright are in his confidence.

33  The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,

but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

34  ^pToward the scorners he is scornful,

but to the humble he gives favor.²

35  The wise will inherit honor,

but fools get^{3 q}disgrace.