⁵ Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
    but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

⁴ Lazy people are soon poor;
    hard workers get rich.

⁴ Lazy people want much but get little,
    but those who work hard will prosper.

²⁹ People with understanding control their anger;
    a hot temper shows great foolishness.

²³ Know the state of your flocks,
    and put your heart into caring for your herds,
²⁴ for riches don’t last forever,
    and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
²⁵ After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
    and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
²⁶ your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
    and your goats will provide the price of a field.
²⁷ And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
    your family, and your servant girls.

²² Greedy people try to get rich quick
    but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.

²¹ An inheritance obtained too early in life
    is not a blessing in the end.