耕耘自己土地的，飽享糧食；追求空虛之事的，飽受貧窮。

耕种自己田地的，必得饱食；追随虚浮的，足受穷乏。

耕种自己田地的，粮食充足；追求虚浮的，穷困潦倒。

耕种自己田地的，粮食充足；追求虚浮的，穷困潦倒。

勤奋耕耘，丰衣足食；追求虚荣，穷困潦倒。

耕种自己田地的，必有充足粮食；追求虚幻的，必饱受穷乏之苦。

耕耘自己土地的，饱享粮食；追求空虚之事的，饱受贫穷。

耕種自己田地的，必得飽食；追隨虛浮的，足受窮乏。

耕種自己田地的，糧食充足；追求虛浮的，窮困潦倒。

耕種自己田地的，糧食充足；追求虛浮的，窮困潦倒。

勤奮耕耘，豐衣足食；追求虛榮，窮困潦倒。

耕種自己田地的，必有充足糧食；追求虛幻的，必飽受窮乏之苦。

耕種自己田地的、必喫飽飯；追求空洞洞事的、必飽受窮乏。

力其田者必足食、從虛浮者必極貧、

勤耕耘者、得果腹、從虛誕者、致貧乏。

耕耘其田者、必得飽食、從閒惰之人閒惰之人或作虛妄之人者、必受窘乏、

Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.

Those who work their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams will be very poor.

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

One who works his land will have plenty of food, But one who follows empty pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

耕耘自己土地的，飽享糧食；追求空虛之事的，缺乏心智。

你當清楚知道你羊群的情況，又當把畜群放在你心上。因為財富不會存到永遠，冠冕也不會存到萬代。乾草割去，嫩草出現，山上的牧草被收取；綿羊的毛給你做衣袍，山羊用來作田價；山羊的奶足夠作你的食物、作你家人的食物，也足夠養活你的使女們。

與智慧人同行的，必得智慧；與愚昧人結交的，必受虧損。

你不要成為酗酒之徒，也不要與貪吃肉的人為伍；因為酗酒和貪吃的必陷入窮困，而貪睡的必穿破爛衣服。

小兒子對父親說：『父親，請把我應得的那份家產給我。』父親就把財產分給兩個兒子。沒過幾天，那小兒子就收拾了一切，往一個遙遠的地方去旅行了。他在那裡過著放蕩的生活，揮霍他的錢財。當他花盡了自己的一切，那地方又發生了嚴重的饑荒，他就開始窮困起來。於是他去投靠當地的一個居民，那人打發他到自己的田裡去放豬。他就是渴望拿豬吃的豆莢來充飢，也沒有人給他。可是他醒悟過來的時候，就說：『我父親那麼多的雇工都食物充足，我卻要在這裡餓死嗎？

沒有耕牛，槽頭空空；藉著牛力，收成豐盛。