20
Like one who kills a son before his father's eyes is the man who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
21
The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood.
22
To take away a neighbor's living is to murder him; to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
23
When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but toil?
24
When one prays and another curses, to whose voice will the Lord listen?
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.