One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is a partner with a destroyer.