real estate

⁷The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.

¹⁶She has considered a field and bought it. From the fruit of her own hands, she has planted a vineyard.

²⁷Prepare your outdoor work, and diligently cultivate your field, so that afterward, you may build your house.

¹⁴For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out. ¹⁶Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. ¹⁷And similarly, he who had received two gained another two. ¹⁸But he who had received one, going out, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord. ¹⁹Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.

¹⁶Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

⁹The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.

²²Intentions dissipate where there is no counsel. Yet truly, they are confirmed where there are many counselors.

¹⁸But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.

²⁰There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.

²⁸For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?

¹²Therefore, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

⁶Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. ⁷For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, ⁸she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.

¹⁴You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.

²⁸Whoever trusts in his riches will fall. But the just shall spring up like a green leaf.

⁸Better is a little with justice, than many fruits with iniquity.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.