יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תֹאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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 !

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)