Proverbs 16:26

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

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

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?

Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Look at this. We have searched it. It is so. Hear it, and know it for your good.”

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.

He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

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

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

Give us today our daily bread.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.