8 Those who are old aren’t honorable simply because time has passed. Old age isn’t measured by counting up a person’s years.
9 Wisdom and a spotless life are the marks of honorable maturity.
10 There was a man who pleased God, was loved by God, and was taken away from living in the midst of sinners.
11 He was snatched away so that evil didn't pervert his understanding and so that deception didn't corrupt his soul.
12 Envying what is worthless blinds people to what is good, and the whirlwind of desire undermines an innocent mind.
13 Those who do what’s right are quickly perfected and live a long life in a short span of time.
14 They are whisked away from the wickedness that surrounds them because their whole beings are pleasing to the Lord. People around them see this, but they don’t understand. It doesn’t sink in