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²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,^*
   when it is in your power to do it.
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbour, ‘Go, and come again;
   tomorrow I will give it’—when you have it with you.
²⁹ Do not plan harm against your neighbour
   who lives trustingly beside you.
³⁰ Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
   when no harm has been done to you.
³¹ Do not envy the violent
   and do not choose any of their ways;
³² for the perverse are 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 abode of the righteous.
³⁴ Towards the scorners he is scornful,
   but to the humble he shows favour.

Psalm 15

1  Lord, who may dwell in your tabernacle? ♦︎
   Who may rest upon your holy hill?
2  Whoever leads an uncorrupt life ♦︎
   and does the thing that is right;
3  Who speaks the truth from the heart ♦︎
   and bears no deceit on the tongue;
4  Who does no evil to a friend ♦︎
   and pours no scorn on a neighbour;
5  In whose sight the wicked are not esteemed, ♦︎
   but who honours those who fear the Lord.
6  Whoever has sworn to a neighbour ♦︎
   and never goes back on that word;
7  Who does not lend money in hope of gain, ♦︎
   nor takes a bribe against the innocent;
8  Whoever does these things ♦︎
   shall never fall.

A Lamp under a Jar

16 ‘No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. ¹⁷For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light. ¹⁸Then pay attention to how you listen; for to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.’