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

And the goats are the price of the field—that is, you can purchase a field from the profit of your goats.

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…

The lambs [are] for your clothing
This is another argument, exciting to diligence in the pastoral calling, taken fro…

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 …