Sirach 33:25-30

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁵ Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.

²⁶ He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.

²⁷ The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.

²⁸ Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:

²⁹ For idleness hath taught much evil.

³⁰ Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.