23 Excel in everything you do;don’t bring a stain on your reputation.
24 On the last day of your life,at the moment of death,distribute your inheritance.
25 Fodder, a rod, and burdens for donkeys;bread, discipline,and work for household slaves.
26 Set them to work with discipline,and you will have leisure;let their hands be idle,and they will seek freedom.
27 A yoke and a strap will bend a neck,and there are racks and torturesfor a wicked household slave.
28 Put them to work so that they aren’t idle,
29 because idleness teaches many evils.