4. Do not overwork to be rich;Because of your own understanding, cease!
5. Will you set your eyes on that which is not?For riches certainly make themselves wings;They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
6. Do not eat the bread of a miser,Nor desire his delicacies;
7. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.“Eat and drink!” he says to you,But his heart is not with you.
8. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,And waste your pleasant words.
9. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10. Do not remove the ancient landmark,Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
11. For their Redeemer is mighty;He will plead their cause against you.
12. Apply your heart to instruction,And your ears to words of knowledge.
13. Do not withhold correction from a child,For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.