²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

²⁵ The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

²⁶ There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

²⁷ The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men `is to' the diligent.

⁴ He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

¹³ The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

² A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

²⁸ And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.

¹⁵ And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹³ The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

¹⁴ `As' the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

¹⁵ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

³³ `Yet' a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

²¹ their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.