1
BLESSED is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
2
Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.
3
Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
4
He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.
5
He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
6
There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:
7
And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.
8
The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.
9
The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.