12
Do not devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.
13
Refuse to utter any lie, for it is a habit that results in no good.
14
Do not babble in the assembly of the elders, and do not repeat yourself when you pray.
15
Do not hate hard labor or farm work, which was created by the Most High.
16
Do not enroll in the ranks of sinners; remember that retribution does not delay.
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.