Proverbs 27:23 sings the praises of the earlier patriarchal life, with its flocks and herds, and tillage of the ground, as compared wit…

For riches are not for ever.—Compare to Proverbs 23:5. So it is good to have a sure source of income, like husbandry or c…

Those who are diligent generally prosper, and those who are diligent in spiritual things shall have all that their souls need. They shall be clothe…

For riches [are] not for ever. A man cannot be assured of the continuance of them; they are uncertain things, here today …

We ought to have some work to do in this world, and not to live in idleness, nor to interfere in matters we do not understand. We must be diligent …