1
Ahiqar spoke proverb after proverb to Nadan, using beasts, servants, kings, trees, debt, speech, friendship, hunger, wealth, and death as mirrors.
2
Every saying turned Nadan's own conduct back upon him: betrayal of a father, contempt for correction, waste of unearned goods, false witness, and the misuse of royal trust.
3
The later versions differ concerning the exact manner of Nadan's death, but they agree that his treachery destroyed him and that Ahiqar's wisdom survived the betrayal.
4
Thus the house that Nadan tried to inherit through fraud was preserved instead through the return of the one he had condemned. Chapters 16-20 - The Words of Ahiqar to Nadan