Ecclesiastes 5:9

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.

For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh. There is no other.

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.

The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.

Praise him, you heavens of heavens, you waters that are above the heavens.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’

Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.

You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit.

She said to the men, “I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.

Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.

Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

The heavens are Yahweh’s heavens, but he has given the earth to the children of men.

Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding:

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” don’t eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For “the earth is the Lord’s, with all its fullness.”

If the ear would say, “Because I’m not the eye, I’m not part of the body,” it’s not therefore not part of the body.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?

No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.