LXX.
If ye manifest alms, good will it be: but if ye conceal them and give them to the poor, it will be better for you; and it will expiate some of your sins.
(ii. 273.)
LXXI.
A kind speech and forgiveness are better than alms which hurt[167] followeth.
(ii. 265.)
LXXII.
Revile not what they invoke in preference to God,[168] lest they revile God evilly without knowledge.
(vi. 108.)