Illustrating how this is so, he adds: “There exists the one that is scattering and yet is being increased; also the one that is keeping back from what is right, but it results only in want. ” ​ — Proverbs 11: 23, 24.
ütleb kuningas Saalomon ja lisab selle mõtte selgituseks: „Üks jagab välja, aga saab üha lisa, teine hoiab varandust, ometi on puudus käes! ”.