⁶ The good man’s goodness delivers him; the evil man’s treachery is his undoing.

¹² Crooks are jealous of each other’s loot, while good men long to help each other.

²¹ Quick wealth is not a blessing in the end.

⁵ Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty.

²⁰ The wise man saves for the future,^[a] but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.

²⁰ The wise man saves for the future,^[a] but the foolish man spends whatever he gets.

^4-5 Don’t weary yourself trying to get rich. Why waste your time? For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!

²⁰ Ambition^[a] and death are alike in this: neither is ever satisfied.

²⁰ Ambition^[a] and death are alike in this: neither is ever satisfied.

²⁰ The man who wants to do right will get a rich reward. But the man who wants to get rich quick will quickly fail.