¹⁹ A hard worker has plenty of food,
    but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.

¹¹ A hard worker has plenty of food,
    but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.

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.

²⁰ Do not carouse with drunkards
    or feast with gluttons,
²¹ for they are on their way to poverty,
    and too much sleep clothes them in rags.

⁴ Without oxen a stable stays clean,
    but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.

²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise;
    associate with fools and get in trouble.