day no. 15,069: rest is preparation for work

Proverbs 12:11
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Proverbs 28:19
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Everyone will have plenty of something. That something is determined by to what one applies themselves. If you work the land with your hands full of toil, you will reap plenty of fullness. If you work people over with empty-handed excuses, you will reap plenty of emptiness.

Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

The diligent benefits from plans, the hasty employ relentless planning as an excuse to avoid being diligent.

Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

The lazy, while able to calm his fingers, cannot calm his cravings. He can keep himself from work, but he cannot keep himself from wanting. Wishing may fill his dreams, but it cannot fill his belly.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer

Rest prepares for work,
Laziness for poverty.

Rest without work is laziness.
Work without rest is slavery.