The acquisitionof treasuresby a lyingtongueIs a fleetingvapor,the pursuitof death.
Ill-gottengainsdo not profit,But righteousnessdeliversfrom death.
Wealth[obtained] by frauddwindles,But the one who gathersby laborincreases[it].
"Bad,bad,"saysthe buyer,But when he goeshis way,thenhe boasts.
An inheritancegainedhurriedlyat the beginningWill not be blessedin the end.
He who sowsiniquitywill reapvanity,And the rodof his furywill perish.
Keepdeceptionand liesfarfrom me, Giveme neitherpovertynorriches;Feedme with the foodthat is my portion,
"But he who sinsagainst me injureshimself;Allthose who hateme lovedeath."
"As a partridgethat hatcheseggswhich it has not laid,[So] is he who makesa fortune,but unjustly;In the midstof his daysit will forsakehim, And in the endhe will be a fool."
"Castawayfrom you allyour transgressionswhichyou have committedand makeyourselves a newheartand a newspirit!For whywill you die,O houseof Israel?
whomustbe silencedbecausethey are upsettingwholefamilies,teachingthingsthey shouldnot [teach] for the sakeof sordidgain.
and in [their] greedthey will exploityou with false words;their judgmentfrom long agois not idle,and their destructionis not asleep.
