He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with {his} hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. {to give: or, to distribute}

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

Where no oxen {are}, the crib {is} clean: but much increase {is} by the strength of the ox.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou {art}, and unto dust shalt thou return.

He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}

{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

A foolish woman {is} clamorous: {she is} simple, and knoweth nothing.

Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: and {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

And they gave him threescore and ten {pieces} of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

And {thou shalt have} goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and {for} the maintenance for thy maidens. {maintenance: Heb. life}

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

And they gave him threescore and ten {pieces} of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, {here is} seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

And Noah began {to be} an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.