The rich have become poor and hungry; but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not lack any good thing. Pause.

Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.

A little is better to the righteous than the abundant wealth of sinners.

The Lord knows the ways of the upright; and their inheritance shall be forever.

They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

For bodily exercise is profitable a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life and of the coming life.

Let [your] way of life [be] without loving money, being satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, "By no means shall I desert you, nor in any way shall I forsake you;"

Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveler, and your need as a swift courier. [ 6:11A] But if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your need like a swift courier.

And you shall serve your enemies, which the Lord will send forth against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the desire of all things; and you shall wear upon your neck a yoke of iron until He has destroyed you.

[They shall be] consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of [serpents] creeping on the ground.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, My servants shall eat, but you shall hunger; behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall thirst; behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed;

behold, My servants shall exalt with joy, but you shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat!