The fallow field of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away by injustice.
Good comes to a man who is gracious and lends. He will order his affairs with fairness.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
By the fruit of his mouth a man will be satisfied with good. The work of a man’s hands will reward him.
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
Whoever works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
A lover of money never has enough money, and a lover of wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is futile.
Then the elders of that city are to bring the heifer down to a flowing wadi that has not been plowed or sown, and break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi.