28. When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?
29. When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?
30. He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?
31. So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer?