8. Keep vanity and lies far away from me.Don’t give me either poverty or riches.Feed me ⌊only⌋ the food I need,
9. or I may feel satisfied and deny youand say, ‘Who is the Lord?’or I may become poor and stealand give the name of my God a bad reputation.
10. “Do not slander a slave to his master.The slave will curse you,and you will be found guilty.”
11. A certain kind of person curses his fatherand does not bless his mother.
12. A certain kind of person thinks he is purebut is not washed from his own feces.
13. A certain kind of person looks around arrogantlyand is conceited.
14. A certain kind of person,whose teeth are like swordsand whose jaws are ⌊like⌋ knives,devours oppressed people from the earthand people from among humanity.
15. The bloodsucking leech has two daughters—“Give!” and “Give!”Three things are never satisfied.Four never say, “Enough!”:
16. the grave,a barren womb,a land that never gets enough water,a fire that does not say, “Enough!”