Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome}

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. {wicked: or, troublesome}

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. {none...: or, be none left for his meat}

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.