There is another kind of humility which likewise brings a man down to Gehenna. For instance, a man sits in a court of justice, and knows that the judges are in error; or a private man knows that the court is in error, but says: ‘How shall I go and put them to shame?’ or a man knows that the judges are not well-versed in law, while he is well-versed, and when they say to him: ‘Sit with us that we may not go astray’, he replies: ‘I shall not take a seat, for ye are well-versed.’ It is obvious that if they go astray, the sin is to be attached to him. Another instance is, when a man hears that the congregation speak falsely, and he says: ‘Who am I that I should speak before them?’ Behold, it is written: ‘And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and humility of righteousness’[166]; from this we infer that there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness, as the above and similar cases show. It is also said: ‘An untutored priest should not say the benedictions in the presence of scholars.’ There is a kind of charity which is pernicious. In what manner is it? One who gives alms to adulterers or to a glutton or a drunkard. For it is written: ‘She shall not fall into harlotry,’[167] and thou mayest read: ‘She shall not cause to fall into harlotry;’ ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery,’[168] and thou mayest read: ‘Thou shalt not cause to commit adultery.’ ‘Thou shalt not murder,’[169] and it may be read: ‘Thou shalt not cause to murder.’ He who supplies weapons of destruction to murderers is regarded as if he himself had committed murder. For it is written: ‘He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death.’[170] He who gives food to robbers is like their accomplice. Similarly, he who gives alms to adulterers is regarded as though he had aided them and brought them together, for they take the money that is given to them, and offer it as a hire to harlots. It is also said that a man should give no alms at all rather than give it publicly.[171] In a similar sense it is also said that if a man who cannot pay his debts gives alms, it is obvious that his charity is robbery. There is a kind of piety which is bad. For instance, a man whose hands are unclean sees a holy book fall into the fire, and says: ‘It is better that it should be burned,’ and does not touch the book. Another instance has also been cited: a man sees a woman drown in the river, and says: ‘It is better that she should drown than that I should touch her.’[172]