In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.

The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”

And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My reward with My God.”

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.

When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
You will be happy and it will be well with you.

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.

and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them.

Good understanding produces favor,
But the way of the treacherous is hard.

Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’

The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage,
But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

Poor is he who works with a negligent hand,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.