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• Among his own folk, what comfort he gave the friendless, how scrutinized the law, what short work made of traitor and malcontent; (1 Maccabees 14, 14)

• yet shoulder the burden I would; host that prepares a banquet must work for other men’s pleasure, and earn nothing but their thanks. (2 Maccabees 2, 28)

• The Lord made me his✻ when first he went about his work, at the birth of time, before his creation began. (Proverbs 8, 22)

• Idle hand, empty purse; riches come of hard work. (Who trusts in false promises, throws his food to the winds; as well may he chase bird in flight.✻ ) (Proverbs 10, 4)

• Idleness will and will not, both at once; it is hard work that gives a full belly. (Proverbs 13, 4)

• No need for a full crib, where oxen are none; yet ever rich harvest tells of the ox at work. (Proverbs 14, 4)

• Hard work is sure wealth; of chattering comes only poverty. (Proverbs 14, 23)

• Dainty and listless go to work, thou art own brother to that work’s undoer. (Proverbs 18, 9)

• Day-dreams are the sluggard’s downfall; work his hands will not; (Proverbs 21, 25)

• Who sows mischief, reaps a sorry crop; ere long, the flail of his malice will have done its work.✻ (Proverbs 22, 8)

• Jealously she sets her hands to work, her fingers clutch the spindle. (Proverbs 31, 19)

• Work such as hers claims its reward; let her life be spoken of with praise at the city gates. (Proverbs 31, 31)