Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Much food lies in the cultivated ground of the poor, so tilling the soil can yield abundant provision for needy persons and their families. That provision is destroyed for want of sound and wise judgment, so what would have maintained a family in decent comfort is wasted and lost.
The opportunity to work must therefore be joined with careful, economical management, including practical training, since resources sufficient for a family can be squandered through carelessness and poor habits. Help for the poor should accordingly meet their needs in ways that enable them to help themselves rather than relying only on gifts, by teaching them to work, to use their opportunities well, and to become self-reliant so they can sustain themselves and help others.
Much food lies in the cultivated ground of the poor, so tilling the soil can yield abundant provision for needy persons and their families. That provision is destroyed for want of sound and wise judgment, so what would have maintained a family in decent comfort is wasted and lost.
The opportunity to work must therefore be joined with careful, economical management, including practical training, since resources sufficient for a family can be squandered through carelessness and poor habits. Help for the poor should accordingly meet their needs in ways that enable them to help themselves rather than relying only on gifts, by teaching them to work, to use their opportunities well, and to become self-reliant so they can sustain themselves and help others.