Work And Wealth

Ὁ ἐργαζόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν πλησθήσεται ἄρτων ὁ δὲ διώκων σχολὴν πλησθήσεται πενίας Ὁ καθαίρων ἑαυτον ἐκ τῶν παθῶν, καὶ ἐργαζόμενος τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ ψυχοτρόφου ἄρτου σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως Θεου ἐμλησθήσεται· ὁ δὲ διώκων σχολὴν τοῦ μὴ ποιεῖν τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ, πλησθήσεται πενίας. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαὶ Εἰς Παροιμίας, Κεφ ΚΘ' Source: Migne PG 17.245a

He who works the earth fills himself with bread and he who pursues leisure shall be filled with poverty. 1 He who in cleansing himself of the passions, labours over the commandments of God, he feeds the soul with the bread of wisdom and is filled with the knowledge of God. But he who pursues leisure, neglecting the commandments of God, he shall be filled with poverty. Origen, On Proverbs, Fragment 1 Prov 28.19