9. Strive not in a matter that concerns you not; And where sinners judge, sit not you with them.
10. My son, be not busy about many matters: For if you meddle much, you shall not be unpunished; And if you pursue, you shall not overtake; And you shall not escape by fleeing.
11. There is one that toileth, and labores, and makes haste, And is so much the more behind.
12. There is one that is sluggish, and has need of help, Lacking in strength, and that abounds in poverty; And the eyes of the Lord looked upon him for good, And he set him up from his low estate,
13. And lifted up his head; And many marveled at him.
14. Good things and evil, life and death, Poverty and riches, are from the Lord.
17. The gift of the Lord remains with the godly, And his good pleasure shall prosper for ever.
18. There is that waxes rich by his wariness and pinching, And this is the portion of his reward:
19. When he says, I have found rest, And now will I eat of my goods; Yet he knows not what time shall pass, And he shall leave them to others, and die.
20. Be stedfast in your covenant, and be conversant therein, And wax old in your work.
21. Marvel not at the works of a sinner; But trust the Lord, and abide in your labor: For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord swiftly on the sudden to make a poor man rich.
22. The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly; And in an hour that comes swiftly he makes his blessing to flourish.
23. Say not, What use is there of me? And what from henceforth shall my good things be?
24. Say not, I have sufficient, And from henceforth what harm shall happen to me?
25. In the day of good things there is a forgetfulness of evil things; And in the day of evil things a man will not remember things that are good.
26. For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord To reward a man in the day of death according to his ways.
27. The affliction of an hour causes forgetfulness of delight; And in the last end of a man is the revelation of his deeds.