²⁹ Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise.^(A)

As everyone comes, so they depart,
    and what do they gain,
    since they toil for the wind?^(A)

¹⁹ Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.^(A)

⁹ “Woe to him who builds^(A) his house by unjust gain,^(B)
    setting his nest^(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
¹⁰ You have plotted the ruin^(D) of many peoples,
    shaming^(E) your own house and forfeiting your life.

⁷ “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(C)

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