The Necessity of Diligence in Work

Proverbs 27:23-27

Take care to know the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.

For wealth doesn't last forever, neither does a crown through all generations.

When the hay has been mown, and the new grass appears, and the mountain greens have been gathered;

the lambs will provide your clothing, the goats will sell for enough to buy a field,

and there will be enough goat's milk to [buy] food for you and your household and maintenance for your servant-girls.