Poor [is] he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.

An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.