Sirach 33:25-30

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁵ Fodder and a stick and burdens for a donkey;
    bread and discipline and work for a slave.
²⁶ Set your slave to work, and you will find rest;
    leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
²⁷ Yoke and thong will bow the neck,
    and for a wicked slave there are racks and tortures.
²⁸ Put him to work, in order that he may not be idle,
²⁹     for idleness teaches much evil.
³⁰ Set him to work, as is fitting for him,
    and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
Do not be overbearing towards anyone,
    and do nothing unjust.