If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate.