For what advantage has the wise over the fool? What advantage does the poor have who knows how to walk before the living?
And it came to be when Aḇ
I act wisely in a perfect way. When do You come to me? I walk in the midst of my house with a perfect heart.
I shall walk before יהוה in the land of the living.
Better is the poor walking in his integrity Than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.
With the increase of goods, there is an increase of those consuming them. What advantage then is there to their owners, but to look on?
What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.
And they were both righteous before Elohim, blamelessly walking in all the commands and righteousnesses of יהוה.
Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living Elohim, who gives us richly all for enjoyment,