The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.

In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors go to the house of a foreigner;