Diligence, Wealth, and Trust

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Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

20

A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

21

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

22

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

23

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

24

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

25

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

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Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

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Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

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In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!