¹¹ Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.^(A)

²⁰ A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(A)

⁶ A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.^[a](A)

¹⁷ “But your eyes and your heart
    are set only on dishonest gain,^(A)
on shedding innocent blood^(B)
    and on oppression and extortion.”^(C)

¹³ “Woe^(A) to him who builds^(B) his palace by unrighteousness,
    his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
    not paying^(C) them for their labor.

²⁷ The greedy bring ruin to their households,
    but the one who hates bribes will live.^(A)

⁹ On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,^[a](A)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.^(B)