²¹ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

²² He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

²⁰ A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

⁸ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

⁹ But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

⁴ I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

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

¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.