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Treasures will not profit the lawless: Treasures of the lawless will not profit them, which they have treasured on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal. But he will overthrow the life of the impious: If the life of the impious is wickedness, and the Lord will overthrow this, 91 it is clear that at some point the impious will not be impious; for after this overthrow the Lord will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, so that God may be all in all. Unreproved instruction goes astray: He calls the evil conduct of the soul unreproved instruction, which also becomes a cause of error for it. Unjust lips cover enmity: He calls wickedness enmity, for through it we become enemies of God. For if when we were enemies, says Paul, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son. But if enmity is wickedness, friendship is virtue and the knowledge of God, through which we become friends of God and of the holy powers; for in this friendship, the friends of the same are also friends of one another. But the desire of the righteous is acceptable: Lord, all my desire is before you, says David. The fear of the Lord adds days: If the fear of the Lord adds days, and the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, these days are parts of wisdom, coming from the sun of righteousness; for which David also prays, saying: Do not take me away in the midst of my days; and Abraham, having fulfilled these days, died, of whom it is said: And Abraham died, an old man and full of days. The righteous will never give way: "For ever" instead of "for a lifetime"; and Paul says, "I will never eat meat," so that I may not scandalize my brother, calling the interval coextensive with the constitution of his life "an age." But the mouth of the impious turns away: He has now called the mind "mouth." To those who lack guidance: Being carried about by every wind of doctrine and making shipwreck concerning the faith. 92 But he hates the sound of security: He called the words concerning salvation "the sound of security." But the unmerciful destroys his own body: Here he has openly called the soul body. And Christ also in the gospels calls the soul body, saying, The lamp of the body is the eye; calling the mind the lamp, for it is receptive of knowledge. And the body is the irascible and concupiscible part of the soul, which some call the irrational part, and others the passible part. Putting hands to hand unjustly is not α6θ6: This one puts hands to hand unjustly, who becomes a teacher of evil things and doctrines; and this one sows righteousness, who utters words concerning virtues and the knowledge of God.

There are those who sow their own and make more: To those who sow their own and make more are opposed those who gather and have less; but if those who sow their own are those who sow to the spirit and reap life, those who gather are those who sow to the flesh and gather corruption for themselves. He who withholds grain is cursed by the people. This is similar to what is said by our Savior in the gospels: No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it under a bushel, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. One who devises good things seeks what is acceptable: If craftsmanship is the working of good things and practice is the working of good things, then practice is craftsmanship. From the fruit of righteousness a tree of life grows: This is the tree of life that was planted in the middle of paradise, which Adam is forbidden to touch after the sin, having cast away the seeds of righteousness from which the tree of life grows. But a lawless man will be silenced: Be not silent from me, says David, lest I become like those who go down into the pit. 93 The wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous: The wealth of the impious is wickedness. But the righteous will consume it, clearly through good teaching, either now or in the age to come, being set over fifteen cities. and Paul

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Οὐκ ὠφελήσουσι θησαυροὶ ἀνόμους: Οὐκ ὠφελήσουσι θησαυροὶ ἀνόμους, οὓς ἐπὶ γῆς ἐθησαύρισαν, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι καὶ κλέπτουσιν. Ζωὴν δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀνατρέψει: Εἰ ἡ ζωὴ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἡ κακία ἐστίν, ταύτην δὲ ἀνατρέψει ὁ κύριος, 91 ἔσονται δηλονότι ποτὲ οἱ ἀσεβεῖς οὐκ ἀσεβεῖς· μετὰ γὰρ ταύτην τὴν ἀνατροπὴν ὁ κύριος παραδώσει τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί, ἵνα γένηται ὁ θεὸς τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν. Παιδεία ἀνεξέλεγκτος πλανᾶται: Παιδείαν ἀνεξέλεγκτον ὀνομάζει τὴν κακὴν τῆς ψυχῆς πολιτείαν, ἥτις καὶ πλάνης αὐτῇ γίνεται πρόξενος. Καλύπτουσιν ἔχθραν χείλη ἄδικα: Ἔχθραν τὴν κακίαν λέγει, διὰ γὰρ ταύτης ἐχθροὶ γινόμεθα τοῦ θεοῦ. Εἰ γὰρ ἐχθροὶ ὄντες, φησὶν ὁ Παῦλος, κατηλλάγημεν τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ θανάτου τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. εἰ δὲ ἡ ἔχθρα ἡ κακία ἐστίν, ἡ φιλία ἡ ἀρετή ἐστιν καὶ ἡ γνῶσις ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ, δι' ἧς φίλοι γινόμεθα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τῶν ἁγίων δυνάμεων· ἐπὶ γὰρ ταύτης τῆς φιλίας οἱ τοῦ αὐτοῦ φίλοι καὶ ἀλλήλων εἰσὶ φίλοι. Ἐπιθυμία δὲ δικαίου δεκτή: Κύριε, ἐναντίον σου πᾶσα ἡ ἐπιθυμία μου, φησὶν ὁ ∆αυίδ. Φόβος κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας: Εἰ φόβος κυρίου προστίθησιν ἡμέρας, ἀρχὴ δὲ σοφίας φόβος κυρίου, αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται μέρη τῆς σοφίας εἰσὶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς δικαιοσύνης γινόμεναι· ὑπὲρ ὧν εὔχεται καὶ ὁ ∆αυὶδ λέγων· Μὴ ἀναγάγῃς με ἐν ἡμίσει ἡμερῶν· ταύτας δὲ τὰς ἡμέρας καὶ Ἀβραὰμ πληρώσας ἀπέθανεν, περὶ οὗ εἴρηται· Καὶ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπέθανεν πρεσβύτερος καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν. ∆ίκαιος τὸν αἰῶνα οὐκ ἐνδώσει: Τὸν αἰῶνα ἀντὶ τοῦ διὰ βίου· καὶ ὁ Παῦλος Οὐ μὴ φάγω, φησίν, κρέα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἵνα μὴ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου σκανδαλίσω, αἰῶνα τὸ συμπαρεκτεινόμενον τῇ συστάσει τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ διάστημα ὀνομάζων. Στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποστρέφεται: Στόμα νῦν τὸν νοῦν εἴρηκεν. Οἷς μὴ ὑπάρχει κυβέρνησις: Παντὶ ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας περιφερόμενοι καὶ ναυαγοῦντες περὶ τὴν πίστιν. 92 Μισεῖ δὲ ἦχον ἀσφαλείας: Ἦχον ἀσφαλείας τοὺς περὶ σωτηρίας λόγους ὠνόμασεν. Ἐξολλύει δὲ τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα ὁ ἀνελεήμων: Ἐνταῦθα τὴν ψυχὴν ἄντικρυς προσεῖπεν σῶμα. καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς δὲ ἐν τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις σῶμα τὴν ψυχὴν ὀνομάζει, Ὁ λύχνος, λέγων, τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν ὁ ὀφθαλμός· λύχνον μὲν εἰπὼν τὸν νοῦν, αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν γνώσεως δεκτικός. σῶμα δὲ τὸ θυμικὸν καὶ ἐπιθυμητικὸν μέρος τῆς ψυχῆς, ὅπερ τινὲς μὲν ἄλογον, τινὲς δὲ παθητικὸν μέρος καλοῦσιν. Χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως οὐκ α6θ6: Οὗτος χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβάλλει ἀδίκως, ὁ κακῶν γινόμενος πραγμάτων καὶ δογμάτων διδάσκαλος· καὶ οὗτος σπείρει δικαιοσύνην, ὁ περὶ ἀρετῶν καὶ θεοῦ γνώσεως προϊέμενος λόγους.

Εἰσὶν οἱ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντες πλείονα ποιοῦσιν: Τοῖς τὰ ἴδια σπείρουσιν καὶ πλείονα ποιοῦσιν ἀντίκεινται οἱ συνάγοντες καὶ ἐλαττονούμενοι· εἰ δὲ οἱ τὰ ἴδια σπείροντές εἰσιν οἱ εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα σπείροντες καὶ ζωὴν θερίζοντες, οἱ συνάγοντές εἰσιν οἱ εἰς τὴν σάρκα σπείροντες καὶ φθορὰν συνάγοντες ἑαυτοῖς. Ὁ συνέχων σῖτον δημοκατάρατος. Ὅμοιόν ἐστιν τοῦτο τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐν τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις λεγόμενον· Οὐδεὶς λύχνον ἅψας τίθησιν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ φαίνει πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. Τεκταινόμενος ἀγαθὰ ζητεῖ δεκτόν: Εἰ τεκτονική ἐστιν ἐργασία ἀγαθῶν καὶ πρακτική ἐστιν ἐργασία ἀγαθῶν, ἡ πρακτική ἐστιν ἡ τεκτονική. Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρον ζωῆς: Τοῦτο τὸ δένδρον τῆς ζωῆς ἐστὶν τὸ φυτευθὲν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου, οὗ ἅψασθαι μετὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν κωλύεται ὁ Ἀδάμ, τὰ σπέρματα τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀποβαλών, ἀφ' ὧν φύεται τὸ δένδρον τῆς ζωῆς. Ἀνὴρ δὲ παράνομος παρασιωπηθήσεται: Μή ποτε παρασιωπήσῃς ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, φησὶν ὁ ∆αυίδ, καὶ ὁμοιωθήσομαι τοῖς καταβαίνουσιν εἰς λάκκον. 93 Θησαυρίζεται δὲ δικαίοις πλοῦτος ἁμαρτανόντων: Πλοῦτος ἀσεβῶν κακία. οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι ἐξαναλώσουσιν αὐτόν, δηλονότι διὰ τῆς ἀγαθῆς διδασκαλίας, ἤτοι νῦν ἢ καὶ ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τῷ μέλλοντι, γενόμενοι ἐπάνω πεντεκαίδεκα πόλεων. καὶ ὁ Παῦλος