10. Son, you should not be involved in many matters. And if you become rich, you will not be free from transgression. For if you pursue, you will not apprehend; and if you run ahead, you will not escape.
11. There is an impious man who labors and hurries and grieves, but all the more will he be without abundance.
12. There is a debilitated man in need of recovery, who is lacking in strength and abundant in poverty.
13. Yet the eye of God has looked with favor upon him for his benefit, and he has lifted him up from his humiliation, and he has exalted his head. And many have wondered at him, and they have honored God.
14. Good things and misfortune, life and death, poverty and wealth, are from God.
15. Wisdom, and discipline, and knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.
16. Error and darkness have been created by sinners. And those who exult in evil, grow old in evil.
17. The gift of God remains with the just man, and his advancement will have success unto eternity.
18. There is one who is enriched by spending sparingly, and this is the extent of his reward.
19. About this, he says: "I have found rest for myself, and now I alone will eat from my goods."
20. But he does not know how much time will pass before death approaches, and then he must leave everything behind to others and die.
21. Stand fast in your covenant, and become familiar with it, and grow old in the work of your commandments.
22. You should not spend time in the works of sinners. Instead, trust in God and remain in your own place.
23. For it is easy, in the eyes of God, to make a pauper suddenly rich.
24. The blessing of God hurries to reward the just man, and in a fleeting hour his advancement bears fruit.
25. You should not say: "What do I need?" or, "What good will there be for me in this?"
26. You should not say: "I have enough for myself," or, "What could be worse than this?"