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(8.1) Do not eat a loaf while another starves,(8.2) nor lift your hand to fill your house alone.(8.3) The bread of God comes to every mouth;(8.4) the man who hoards is not the one who owns.(8.5) The field belongs to God, the harvest to the town;(8.6) the greedy man's house is built on sand.(8.7) Do not say, "I have found a mighty protector";(8.8) God is the protector, and He is not blind.(8.9) * Do not be proud of your wisdom;(8.10) speak with the ignorant as with the wise,(8.11) for the limits of skill are never reached,(8.12) and no artist's hand is ever full.(8.13) Fine speech is more hidden than green stone,(8.14) yet it is found with the slave-girls at the mill.(8.15) * Do not say of any man, "He is nothing";(8.16) God has not weighed him before you.(8.17) The silence of a man is worth more than speech;(8.18) do not mock the man who sits in need.(8.19) The roar of the lion belongs to the beast;(8.19) the mercy of the hand belongs to man.

(8.1) Don't eat bread while another goes hungry,(8.2) or fill your house alone with your own hand.(8.3) God's bread comes to every mouth;(8.4) the man who hoards doesn't really own.(8.5) The field is God's; the harvest belongs to the town;(8.6) the greedy man's house stands on sand.(8.7) Don't say, "I've found a powerful protector";(8.8) God is the protector, and He isn't blind.(8.9) * Don't be proud of your wisdom;(8.10) talk with the ignorant as with the wise,(8.11) for the limits of skill are never reached,(8.12) and no artist's hand is ever full.(8.13) Good speech is rarer than green stone,(8.14) yet it's found with the slave girls at the mill.(8.15) * Don't say of anyone, "He's worthless";(8.16) God hasn't weighed him in front of you.(8.17) A person's silence is worth more than chatter;(8.18) don't mock the man in need.(8.19) The lion's roar belongs to the beast;(8.19) the mercy of the hand belongs to man.