Sirach 33:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁶ He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.

²⁷ The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.

²⁸ Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle: