21 That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee?
22 Exploit not the dal (poor), because he is dal (poor); neither oppress the oni (afflicted) in the sha'ar,
23 For Hashem will plead their cause, and plunder the nefesh of those that plundered them.
24 Make no friendship with a ba'al af (angry man), and with an ish chemot (man of wrath) thou shalt not go,
25 Lest thou learn his orkhot (ways), and take a mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh.
26 Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, or of them that are collateral for masha'ot (debts, loans).
27 If thou hast nothing with which to pay, why should he take away thy mishkav (bed) from under thee?