Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

13: The Chapter about the World – 75
Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ kusalena pithīyati –
The one whose wicked deed is covered over by a good deed –
sŏ imaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti abbhā mutto va candimā. [173]
that one shines brightly on this world like the moon released from a cloud.
Andhabhūto ayaṁ loko, tanukettha vipassati,
This world is blind, few here have true insight,
sakunto jālamutto va appo saggāya gacchati. [174]
as few go to heaven as birds that escape from the net.
Haṁsādiccapathe yanti, ākāse yanti iddhiyā,
Geese go through the path of the sky, they go through the firmament by their power,
nīyanti dhīrā lokamhā, jetvā Māraṁ savāhanaṁ. [175]
the wise are led out of the world, after beating Māra and his host.
Ekaṁ dhammaṁ atītassa, musāvādissa jantuno,
For the person speaking falsely, who has transgressed in this one thing,
vitiṇṇaparalokassa, natthi pāpaṁ akāriyaṁ. [176]
who has abandoned the next world, there is no wickedness left undone.
Na ve kadar i yā devalokaṁ vajanti,
The miserly go not to the world of the gods,
bālā have nappasaṁsanti dānaṁ,
fools surely do not praise giving,
dhīro ca dānaṁ anumodamāno,
but the wise one rejoices in giving,
teneva so hoti sukhī parattha. [177]
and through that he is happy hereafter.