Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

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

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,