Proverbs 21:5

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

“You shall not steal.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

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

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

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

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.