6
Do not get angry with your neighbor for every injury, and do not resort to acts of insolence.
7
Arrogance is hateful to the Lord and to mortals, and injustice is outrageous to both.
8
Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.
9
How can dust and ashes be proud? Even in life the human body decays.
10
A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Other ancient authorities add here or after verse 9a, [Nothing is more wicked than one who loves money, for such a person puts his own soul up for sale.]
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