3 Substance is senseless for a greedy and stingy man. And what would a spiteful man do with gold?
4 Whoever acquires unjustly, according to his own mind, gathers for others. For another will spend his goods lavishly.
5 Whoever is wicked to himself, to whom will he be good? For he will not take enjoyment in his own goods.
6 Whoever has ill will toward himself, nothing is more worthless than he is. But such is the reward of his wickedness.
7 And if he does good, he does it ignorantly and unwillingly. And in the very end, he realizes his own malice.
8 The eye of the spiteful man is wicked, and he averts his face and despises his own soul.
9 The eye of the greedy man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity. He will not be satisfied until he has consumed his own soul, withering it away.