The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

will

Job 5:20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

Psalm 10:14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

Psalm 33:19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

Psalm 34:9,10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. . . .

Psalm 37:3,19,25 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. . . .

Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Matthew 6:30-33 And if the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the oven, God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith? . . .

Luke 12:22-24,31 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. . . .

Hebrews 13:5,6 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee. . . .

but

Job 20:5-8,20-22,28 That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. . . .

Habakkuk 2:6-8 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay? . . .

Zephaniah 1:18 Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.

the substance of the wicked

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.