¹⁷ He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

²² The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

²⁶ To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

⁸ He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.