I walked past a field that belonged to a lazy man. I walked by a field of grapes that belonged to a person who was not wise.
“Listen to me Job,\par and I will explain it to you.\par I will tell you what I know.\par
I have seen some troublemakers\par and people who make life hard.\par But they are always punished!\par
“Job, we have studied these things,\par and we know they are true.\par So Job, listen to us,\par and learn them for yourself.”\par
Good people see this,\par and they are happy.\par But wicked people see this,\par and they don’t know what to say.\par
I was young, and now I am old.\par And I have never seen God abandon good people.\par I have never seen good people’s children begging for food.\par
Wise people say things that are worth hearing. But foolish people must be punished \{before they learn their lesson\}.
The farmer that works with his land will have enough food. But the person who wastes time on worthless ideas is foolish.
The lazy person wants things, but he can never get them. But people who work hard will get the things they want.
But a man who does the sin of adultery is foolish. He is destroying himself—he himself causes his own destruction!
If a person is too lazy to work,\par his house will begin to leak,\par and the roof will fall in.\par
In my short life, I have seen everything. I have seen good men die young. And I have seen evil men living long lives.