Do not withholdgoodfrom those to whom it is due,When it is in your powerto do[it].
"It is in my powerto doyou harm,but the Godof your fatherspoketo me lastnight,saying,Be carefulnot to speakeithergoodorbadto Jacob.'
Woeto those who schemeiniquity,Who workout evilon their beds!When morningcomes, they doit, For it is in the powerof their hands.
Renderto allwhat is duethem: taxto whomtax[is due]; customto whomcustom;fearto whomfear;honorto whomhonor.
So then,whilewe haveopportunity,let us dogoodto all people,and especiallyto thosewho are of the householdof the faith.
"Whenyou sethim free,you shall not sendhim awayempty-handed.
whogaveHimselffor us to redeemus from everylawless deed,and to purifyfor Himselfa peoplefor His ownpossession,zealousfor gooddeeds.
Behold,the payof the laborerswho mowedyour fields,[and] which has been withheldby you, criesout [against you]; and the outcryof thosewho did the harvestinghas reachedthe earsof the Lordof Sabaoth.
