⁵ The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

⁴ He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.

²³ Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds:

²⁴ For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

²⁵ The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in.

²⁶ The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field.

²⁷ There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.

²² A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

²¹ An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end.

²⁸ Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

¹¹ and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you;

¹² that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.