9 If I have too much, I might reject youand say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’If I am poor, I might stealand disgrace the name of my God.
10 “Do not say bad things about servants to their masters,or they will curse you, and you will suffer for it.
11 “Some people curse their fathersand do not bless their mothers.
12 Some people think they are pure,but they are not really free from evil.
13 Some people have such a proud look!They look down on others.
14 Some people have teeth like swords;their jaws seem full of knives.They want to remove the poor from the earthand the needy from the land.
15 “Greed has two daughtersnamed ‘Give’ and ‘Give.’There are three things that are never satisfied,really four that never say, ‘I’ve had enough!’: