The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.