Proverbs

¹⁹He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough. ²⁰A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished. [Prov. 13:11; 20:21; 23:4; I Tim. 6:9.] ²¹To have respect of persons and to show partiality is not good, neither is it good that man should transgress for a piece of bread. ²²He who has an evil and covetous eye hastens to be rich and knows not that want will come upon him. [Prov. 21:5; 28:20.] ²³He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. ²⁴Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, This is no sin–he is in the same class as [an open, lawless robber and] a destroyer. ²⁵He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed.