²³ In all labor there is profit;
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

⁶ In the house of the righteous is much treasure;
But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

¹⁶ Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble therewith.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
⁷ When a man’s ways please Jehovah,
He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

²⁶ The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;
For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

² A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that ^[a]causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

⁴ The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.