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14:1  Happy are those who do not blunder with their lips and are not stricken with grief for sin.
14:2  Happy are those whose hearts do not condemn them and who have not given up their hope.
14:3  Riches are inappropriate for the small-minded, and of what use is wealth to misers?
14:4  What they deny themselves they collect for others, and others will live in luxury on their goods.
14:5  If they are mean to themselves, to whom will they be generous? They will not enjoy their own riches.
14:6  No one is worse than those who are grudging to themselves; this is the repayment for their meanness.
14:7  If ever they do good, it is by mistake, and in the end they reveal their meanness.
14:8  Misers are evil people; they turn away and disregard people.
14:9  The eyes of the greedy are not satisfied with their share; greedy injustice withers the soul.
14:10  Misers begrudge bread, and it is lacking at their tables.
14:11  My child, treat yourself well, according to your means, and present worthy offerings to the Lord.
14:12  Remember that death does not tarry, and the decree of Hades has not been shown to you.
14:13  Do good to friends before you die, and reach out and give to them as much as you can.
14:14  Do not deprive yourself of a day’s enjoyment; do not let your share of desired good pass by you.
14:15  Will you not leave the fruit of your labors to another, and what you acquired by toil to be divided by lot?
14:16  Give and take and indulge yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.
14:17  All living beings become old like a garment, for the decree from of old is, “You must die!”
14:18  Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies, and another is born.
14:19  Every work decays and ceases to exist, and the one who made it will pass away with it.
14:20  Happy are those who meditate on wisdom and who reason intelligently,
14:21  who reflect in their hearts on her ways and ponder her secrets,
14:22  pursuing her like a hunter and lying in wait on her paths;
14:23  who peer through her windows and listen at her doors;
14:24  who camp near her house and fasten their tent pegs to her walls;
14:25  who pitch their tents near her and so occupy an excellent lodging place;
14:26  who place their children under her shelter and lodge under her boughs;
14:27  who are sheltered by her from the heat and dwell in the midst of her glory.