מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים יֵעָצֵב בָּהֶם, מִי שֶׁמַּסִּיעַ עַצְמוֹ מִתַּלְמוּדוֹ, לַסּוֹף הוּא מִצְטָעֵר, בָּעֵי מִילָּא וְלָא מַשְׁכַּח. וּבוֹקֵעַ עֵצִים יִסָּכֶן בָּם, כָּל זְמַן דְּלָעֵי בֵּיהּ מִיתְהֲנֵי בֵּיהּ, הָאֵיךְ מָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר (מלכים א א, ב): וּתְהִי לוֹ סֹכֶנֶת. דָּבָר אַחֵר, מַסִּיעַ אֲבָנִים מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, יֵעָצֵב בָּהֶם, וּבוֹקֵעַ עֵצִים יִסָּכֶן בָּם, אָמַר רַבִּי מְיָאשְׁיָה בִּשְׂכַר שְׁתֵּי בְּקִיעוֹת שֶׁבָּקַע אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ עַל הַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה, זָכָה לִקָּרַע הַיָּם לְבָנָיו שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר קְרָעִים.
“One who transports stones will be saddened by them; and one who splits wood will benefit from it” (Ecclesiastes 10:9). “One who transports stones will be saddened by them” – one who transports himself from his studies will ultimately be sorry. He will seek a matter but will not find it. “And one who splits wood will benefit [yisakhen] from it.” As long as he toils in it, he will benefit from it, just as you say: “She will be an attendant [sokhenet] for him” (I Kings 1:2). Another matter: “One who transports stones” from place to place “will be saddened by them”; “and one who splits wood will benefit from it.” Rabbi Meyashya said: In reward for the two logs that Abraham chopped on Mount Moriah, he was privileged to have the sea split for his descendants into twelve strips.