⁴ ¶ Riches shall not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness shall deliver from death.

¹⁶ ¶ The gracious woman retains honour, and strong men retain riches.

¹⁷ ¶ The merciful man does good to his own soul, but the cruel man troubles his own flesh.

¹⁸ ¶ The wicked works a deceitful work, but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.

²⁸ ¶ He that trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

¹¹ ¶ The riches of vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labour shall increase.

¹⁶ ¶ Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

²⁷ ¶ He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he that hates gifts shall live.

⁸ ¶ A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.

¹⁷ ¶ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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

⁵ ¶ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

⁶ ¶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.

⁷ ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they refuse to do judgment.