¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,^(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.^(B)

⁴ Sluggards^(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.^(B)

¹⁷ Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,^(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.^(B)

²⁰ The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

²⁵ The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,^(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶ All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous^(B) give without sparing.^(C)