15. Some day all that you have worked for will be divided up and given to others.
16. So be generous; but also be willing to receive from others. Enjoy yourself, for you will not find any pleasures in the world of the dead.
17. The human body wears out like a piece of clothing. The ancient law decrees that we must die.
18. Human beings are like leaves on a spreading tree. New growth takes the place of the fallen leaves; while some of us die, others are being born.
19. Everything made by human hands will decay and perish, along with the person who made it.
20. It is a happy person who is concerned with Wisdom and who uses good sense.
21. Anyone who studies the ways of Wisdom will also learn her secrets.
22. Go after Wisdom like a hunter looking for game.
23. Look into her windows and listen at her doors.
24. Camp as close to her house as you can get,
25. and you will have a fine place to live.
26-27. Build your home there, safe beneath her protecting branches, and shaded from the heat.