23. Listen to what I am saying; pay attention to what I am telling you.
24. No farmer goes on constantly ploughing his fields and getting them ready for sowing.
25. Once he has prepared the soil, he sows the seeds of herbs such as dill and cumin. He sows rows of wheat and barley, and at the edges of his fields he sows other grain.
26. He knows how to do his work, because God has taught him.
27. He never uses a heavy club to beat out dill seeds or cumin seeds; instead he uses light sticks of the proper size.
28. He does not ruin the wheat by threshing it endlessly, and he knows how to thresh it by driving a cart over it without bruising the grains.
29. All this wisdom comes from the Lord Almighty. The plans God makes are wise, and they always succeed!