When a person is derisive of others, his livelihood diminishes.

The words of the Sages bring wealth.

One’s wealth does not last if he shows no compassion for others.

Whoever withstands a test of his morality merits great wealth in the midst of his enemies.

An occupation is a great thing; God Himself cautioned mankind to engage in some form of work.

[Nevertheless, if one has no choice, he should] borrow in order to eat.

[A farmer] who wants to grow wealthy should plow with a lean animal.

A person should spend less than what his income allows for food and drink, clothe himself in accordance with his means, and honor his wife and children by spending on them beyond what he can afford.

Poverty in one’s home is worse than fifty plagues.

A man’s wife won’t die unless he is first approached for money and has none to give.

The ability that the nations have to steal from the Jews comes from their learning TaNaKh.

Drinking wine leads to poverty.

Whoever possesses daat will in the end be wealthy.

One who steals from his fellow Jews is made impure by a chance seminal emission.

A new insight that comes to a person clearly will be followed by great wealth.

As soon as the money of a Jew falls into the hands of a gentile it is instantly purged [of the special quality it acquires from Jewish ownership].

A person whose children are starving is spared from death by fire, one of the four judicial forms of capital punishment.

Whoever transgresses a Rabbinical enactment becomes poor.

Whoever breaks his desire for food merits beautiful dwellings.

Providing a person with his livelihood is as difficult [a miracle] as splitting the Red Sea. It is even more difficult than bringing the Final Redemption, and twice as difficult as [the miracle of] childbirth.

Once a person has been put in charge of the public’s welfare, he becomes wealthy.

The incense-offering brought wealth [to the one who burnt it in the Temple].

You need not worry that someone will interfere with your livelihood. Against his will he will call you by name for you to take what is rightfully yours.

There are four things that cause a man of means to lose his wealth: delaying to pay his workers’ salaries; outright refusal to pay their wages; shirking an obligation and instead placing the burden on someone else; and a haughty spirit.

A change of place and a change of name improve one’s livelihood.

Rain is withheld only because of the following: ceasing to tithe the Holy Land’s produce, speaking slander, arrogance, disrupting Torah study, and the crime of theft.

Rainfall can be restored through many prayers.

Faith in God increases livelihood.

When there is satiation in the world, sickness is diminished.

Rain is held back only because of those who publicly pledge to charity but don’t give.

Disgusting behavior in one’s home leads to poverty.

Three things bring a person to poverty: urinating in the nude in one’s bedroom, taking lightly the requirement to wash one’s hands before eating, and a man’s wife cursing him to his face.

Tithing is a segulah for wealth specifically in the Land of Israel.

Honoring the Torah and honoring Shabbat are a segulah for wealth.

The olive-size helping of bitter herbs eaten on Passover is a segulah for earning a living.

Writing a Torah scroll is a segulah for earning a living.

When the daughter of a Kohen marries a regular Jew (Israelite), or when the daughter of a Torah scholar marries a boor, she causes her husband to become poor.

Associating with someone upon whom fortune smiles is beneficial for one’s own prosperity.

A person who loves God in his eating, drinking and other physical pleasures merits sustaining many nations.

One who despises money merits long life.

A person who searches for treasures hastens his own death.

Whoever has not rectified the sins of his youth becomes poor.

A person who struggles day and night to make a living but still does not have enough can rectify this by bringing people closer to God.

Whoever accidentally breaks something clearly has sinned.

Someone with an unquenchable desire to work the land is certainly worthless.

In whatever you do, ask the Tzaddik to pray on your behalf.

Constant joy is a segulah for success.

Earning a living requires strengthened effort.

Whoever makes the Name of Heaven a partner in his distress [by asking for God’s mercy] has his livelihood doubled, and it comes flying into his hands like a bird.

For the sin of not tithing the Holy Land’s produce, wages are lost and people’s pursuit of livelihood is without success.

The rains come for the sake of an individual; livelihood, for the sake of the many. But an individual whose merit is powerful is reckoned as the many.

Sanctifying [Shabbat and the Festivals by reciting the blessing] over wine brings rain and causes one’s prayers to be heard.

Whoever keeps in his house a Torah scroll that belonged to his father is rewarded with wealth.

Rain falls in the merit of a single man, a single field and a single blade of grass; as well as in the merit of the land, kind deeds, and because of suffering.

Rainfall is withheld because of idolatry, immorality, because a Tzaddik has not been properly eulogized, and because people interfere with the livelihood of others.

One who suffers poverty is spared the punishment of hell.

Misusing God’s Holy Names brings poverty and death, even to anyone who has the ability to protest their misuse but does not.

The Holy One exacts judgment on behalf of anyone who has a complaint concerning his livelihood against a fellow Jew and is nevertheless silent.

When a person sees that his livelihood is limited, he should give charity.

Worry and distress over one’s livelihood sap a person’s strength.

Immorality leads to poverty.

A Tzaddik who has no mazal when it comes to earning a living will sometimes have opponents sent against him. He is then given the income that was coming to them.

One who works in construction puts himself in danger.

Modest behavior is a segulah for wealth.

Once coveting and envy spread in the world, people began interfering with each other’s livelihood.

A person’s livelihood diminishes when he judges others unfavorably,

or dilutes the alcohol [he sells],

or follows the advice of someone who persuades others to turn against God.

When one sins out of spite, he becomes impoverished, yet no one will believe that he is poor.

One who makes use of unholy names and sorcery becomes poor.

When consumption, a disease that weakens the body, affects a member of one’s family, it is a sign of impending poverty.

When a person suffers some embarrassment, it is a sign that he will soon become poor.

Whoever despises money is shown by Heaven the path that he should follow.

There are times when death by excision at the hand of Heaven is replaced by impoverishment.

A poor person is confused, like a drunkard.

Fraudulent practices cause one to become poor.

Anyone who acts hastily, without presence of mind, falls into debt.

Interfering with one’s means of income is akin to killing him.

A person should always hold onto his ancestral inheritance, never selling or exchanging it.

One who lusts for money falls from his spiritual level.

Atheism leads to poverty.

A person who is poor should work diligently to provide sustenance for those who seek God.

Faith is beneficial for livelihood.

Pain of the eyes is a sign of poverty.

By being humble, a person livestock multiplies.

By giving charity, a person is rewarded with livelihood.

When a person gives money to sorcerers, his livelihood will require him to work in the homes of non-Jews.

The words of the Tzaddik bring livelihood.

Depression decreases one’s income.

Giving charity will alleviate your financial restraints.

Too much sleep makes one poor.

One who is diligent in Torah study and giving charity merits wealth.

Honor your wife and you will become rich.

Blessing is found in a person’s house only because of the honor he has shown his wife.

When a person charges usury for lending money, his financial worth plummets and never recovers.

Forbidding the singing of frivolous songs lowers prices.

A person without a living should occupy himself with Torah study and then pray for livelihood. His prayers will certainly be accepted.

One should never sell the first property he purchased.

Whoever deprives a fellow Jew of income is considered wicked.

Were it not that he has grown haughty, no Jew would have the audacity to harm a fellow Jew’s livelihood.

Leaving fallen crumbs triggers poverty.

Wealth is a masculine principle, whereas poverty is feminine principle.

Pain of the eyes {teeth} is a sign of impending harm to one’s livelihood.

Whatever one wants, whether it is wisdom, or wealth, or children, he should strive to attain it through natural means, and plead for mercy that these means prove successful.