But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

Why do you boast, great one, of your evil? God's faithfulness is eternal.

"Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety, but trusted instead in great wealth and looked for security in being wicked."

People who promise things that they never give are like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then.

You thought you would always be a queen, and did not take these things to heart or think how it all would end.

"Listen to this, you lover of pleasure, you that think you are safe and secure. You claim you are as great as God--- that there is no one else like you. You thought that you would never be a widow or suffer the loss of your children.

"You felt sure of yourself in your evil; you thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray, and you said to yourself, 'I am God--- there is no one else like me.'

Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?

Do you already have everything you need? Are you already rich? Have you become kings, even though we are not? Well, I wish you really were kings, so that we could be kings together with you.

It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, "A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."

Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: 'Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief !'