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If you do good, know to whom you do it, and you will be thanked for your good deeds.
2
Do good to the devout, and you will be repaid— if not by them, certainly by the Most High.
3
No good comes to one who persists in evil or to one who does not give alms.
4
Give to the devout, but do not help the sinner.
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Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly; hold back their bread, and do not give it to them, for by means of it they might subdue you; then you will receive twice as much evil for all the good you have done to them.
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For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
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Give to the one who is good, but do not help the sinner.
8
A friend is not known in prosperity, nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.
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One's enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one's friend disappears.
10
Never trust your enemy, for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.
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Even if he humbles himself and walks bowed down, take care to be on your guard against him. Be to him like one who polishes a mirror, to be sure it does not become completely tarnished.