1
Happy are those who do not blunder with their lips, and need not suffer remorse for sin.
2
Happy are those whose hearts do not condemn them, and who have not given up their hope.
3
Riches are inappropriate for a small-minded person; and of what use is wealth to a miser?
4
What he denies himself he collects for others; and others will live in luxury on his goods.
5
If one is mean to himself, to whom will he be generous? He will not enjoy his own riches.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.