10. There is nothing more iniquitous than to love money. For such a one has sold even his own soul. For in his life, he casts aside his innermost being.
11. All power is of short life. A prolonged sickness is of grave concern to a physician.
12. A physician causes a sickness to be shortened. So also, a king is here today, and tomorrow he will die.
13. For when a man dies, he will inherit serpents, and wild beasts, and worms.
14. The beginning of the arrogance of man is apostasy from God.
15. For his heart has withdrawn from the One who made him. For arrogance is the beginning of all sin. Whoever holds to it, will be filled with evil words, and it will overthrow him in the end.