If you set your servant to labor, you shall find rest: but if you let him go idle, he shall seek liberty.
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Sirach 33:25
The yoke & the whippe bow downe the hard necke: so tame thine euil seruant with the whippes and correction.
Parallel Translations
If thou set thy servant to labour, thou shalt find rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shall seek liberty.
Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant.