⁴ Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵ The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

⁴ Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

⁴ The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

¹⁵ Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.

²⁴ The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

²⁴ There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

⁷ Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,

⁸ She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

⁹ Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

¹¹ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

⁵ And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

⁶ and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,

⁷ and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;

⁸ for these things being to you and abounding, do make `you' neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁹ for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins;

¹⁰ wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

¹¹ and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,

¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

⁵⁸ so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

²⁷ work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'

¹⁸ By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

³¹ And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

³² And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

³³ A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

³⁴ And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!