Wealth you get by dishonesty will do you no good, but honesty can save your life.

The more easily you get your wealth, the less good it will do you.

If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.

They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.

They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,

The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole; God takes it back, even out of their stomachs.

because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.

When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.

The wicked may have too much silver to count and more clothes than anyone needs;

but some good person will wear the clothes, and someone honest will get the silver.

and then lose it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.

The person who gets money dishonestly is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay. In the prime of life he will lose his riches, and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, "You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?"

But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you!

And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!

Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.

Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.

Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.

Unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed.

The more easily you get your wealth, the less good it will do you.

Look after your sheep and cattle as carefully as you can,

You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.

The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.

Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.