¹¹ He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

¹⁹ By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

¹¹ And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

¹² That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

²³ In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

² You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

⁴ Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

²⁸ Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

⁸ And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

⁶ Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

⁷ I saw among the young men one without sense,

¹⁹ With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

¹⁰ For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,

¹¹ By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

²⁷ There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

⁴ And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

⁴ I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

¹² Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

¹³ Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

¹⁴ Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

¹⁵ My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

¹⁶ For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

¹⁷ Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

¹⁸ And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

¹⁹ Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

¹⁴ Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

¹⁵ Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

³² He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

¹³ The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

¹⁶ Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

⁸ When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.

²³ There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.