Every man should work ; for blessed is he who looks to raise his own hand for labour, but cursed is he who looks to make use of another mans labour, lii. 7, 8. And men, likewise, should be unselfishly just ; for blessed is he who executes a just judgement, not for the sake of recompense, but for the sake of righteousness, expecting nothing in return, xlii. 7. And men should also practice charity and beneficence. They should not hide their silver in the earth, but assist the honest man in his afHiction, li. 2, and stretch out their hands to the orphan, the widow and the stranger, 1. 5; and give bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked, and raise the fallen, and walk without blame before the face of the Lord, ix. Furthermore, men should not swear either by heaven or earth or by any other creature which God made, but by a word, yea, yea, or nay, nay, xlix. I ; neither should they avenge themselves, 1. 4, nor abuse and calumniate their neighbour, lii. a ; but endure every affliction and every evil word and attack for the sake of the Lord, 1. 3 ; li. 3. Moreover, they should shun pride : for God hates the proud, Ixiii. 4; and walk in long-suffering, in humility, in faith and truth, in sickness, in abuse, in temptation, in nakedness, in deprivation, loving one another till they depart from this world of sickness, Ixvi. 6. Finally, whereas one man is more honourable than another, either on the ground of cunning or of strength, of purity or wisdom, of comeliness or understanding, let it be heard everywhere that none is greater than he who fears God, xliii. 2, 3.
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