¹⁵And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

¹²Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

²Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

¹³Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

⁴The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹¹Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

²³Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

⁴Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

²³In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

²⁶He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

¹³Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

⁵The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

²³Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

²⁴For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

²⁵The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

¹⁹He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

²⁵The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

²⁶The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

²⁷The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

¹³She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

¹⁴She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

¹⁵She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

³What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

¹⁰And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹⁷Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁸Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

¹⁹And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

⁴He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;