¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

¹⁶ of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

¹⁵ and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

¹⁶ And I said, `Better `is' wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --

¹⁷ The words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.

¹⁶ Wiser `is' the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven `men' returning a reason.

¹⁷ Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

¹⁹ for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

²⁵ For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

¹³ `No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

¹⁴ And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

³ Lo, thou `art' wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.

⁴ By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.

⁵ By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.

¹³ For he hath said, `By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,

¹⁴ And my hand as to a nest Getteth to the wealth of the peoples, And as a gathering of forsaken eggs All the earth I -- I have gathered, And there hath not been one moving wing, Or opening mouth, or whispering.'

²¹ Wo `to' the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

⁴ Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

¹ Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

¹⁷ Righteous `is' the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

¹¹ The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

⁹ The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.