^{12 Ref} Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;

^{13 Ref} Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

^{14 Ref} His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

^{15 Ref} He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

^{16 Ref} He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

^{17 Ref} Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

^{18 Ref} He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

^{19 Ref} Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

^{20 Ref} There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.