¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

³ And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

²⁷ And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

²⁴ And lay thou `thy' treasure in the dust, And `the gold of' Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.