You shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you/ when you eat the labour of your hands, you be happy and it shall be well with you/"How good it is to live on one's own labour !
A saying praising a person's ability to earn a living independently, without needing help from others.
("You shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you. 'Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive saplings around your table'" - Psalms 128:2, and also: "For this Ezra was a man of valor from his youth, eating the labor of his hands, and not lacking knowledge of Torah" - Abraham Mapu / Ayit Tzavua, 62)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תֹאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ
Definition (Hebrew)
פִּתְגָּם הַבָּא לְשַׁבֵּחַ אֶת יְכָלְתּוֹ שֶׁל הָאָדָם לְפַרְנֵס אֶת עַצְמוֹ לְלֹא הִזָּקְקוּת לְבַקָּשׁוֹת עֶזְרָה מֵאֲחֵרִים.
("יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תֹאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ. אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ"- תְּהִלִּים קכח ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי הָיָה עֶזְרָא זֶה אִישׁ חַיִל מִנְּעוּרָיו, אוֹכֵל יְגִיעַ כַּפָּיו, גַּם לֹא נִבְעָר מִדַּעַת תּוֹרָה" - אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 62)