15. He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16. He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17. His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18. If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: "I do not know you."
19. For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.