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

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

²⁶ But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

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

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

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.

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

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

²⁴ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

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

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

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

⁷ Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

⁸ Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

¹⁰ `Yet' a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.