[There is] desirable treasure, And oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man squanders it.

Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors [go] to the house of a foreigner;

And you mourn at last, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

"And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

"Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

"Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.'

"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,