Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.
He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!
Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.
A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.
Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit; So he who waits on his master will be honored.
A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, And the recompense of a man’s hands will be rendered to him.
The elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.