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It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to reveal the works of God. Do that which is good, and no evil shall touch you.
8
Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:
9
For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life:
10
But they that sin are enemies to their own life.
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Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to reveal the works of God.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.