⁵ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

²⁰ And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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

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

¹⁴ Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

²⁷ The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

¹⁷ The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.