8. A kingdom is transferred from one people to another because of injustices, and injuries, and contempt, and every kind of deceit.
9. But nothing is more wicked than a greedy man. Why should that which is earth and ashes be arrogant?
10. There is nothing more iniquitous than to love money. For such a one has sold even his own soul. For in his life, he casts aside his innermost being.
11. All power is of short life. A prolonged sickness is of grave concern to a physician.
12. A physician causes a sickness to be shortened. So also, a king is here today, and tomorrow he will die.
13. For when a man dies, he will inherit serpents, and wild beasts, and worms.
14. The beginning of the arrogance of man is apostasy from God.
15. For his heart has withdrawn from the One who made him. For arrogance is the beginning of all sin. Whoever holds to it, will be filled with evil words, and it will overthrow him in the end.
16. Because of this, the Lord has dishonored the gatherings of the evil, and he has destroyed them, even unto the end.
17. God has destroyed the seats of arrogant leaders, and he has caused the meek to be seated in their place.
18. The roots of arrogant nations, God has dried up, and the humble among these nations, he has planted.