²⁴ Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

¹⁰ For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

¹¹ The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

¹² But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

¹³ This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

⁹ He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.

²² Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

¹¹ Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

¹² Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

⁶ And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

²⁰ But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

⁹ And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

¹⁹ Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

²⁰ And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

²¹ Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

²² And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

²³ And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

²⁴ And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

²⁵ But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.