¹⁵ Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

²¹ For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

¹³ Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

⁹ How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

¹⁰ For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

³³ A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

¹⁴ For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

¹¹ See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

¹² The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

¹⁰ His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

²⁴ The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

⁴ He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

⁵ He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.