12. and if the water dries up,they die sooner than grass.
13. Such is the hopeless futureof all who turn from God
14. and trust in something as frailas a spider's web—
15. they take hold and fallbecause it's so flimsy.
16. Sinful people are like plantswith spreading roots and plentyof sun and water.
17. They wrap their roots tightlyaround rocks.