⁴ Lazy hands make for poverty,^(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.^(B)

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.^(A)

⁴ A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,^(A)
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard;^(A)
    consider its ways and be wise!
⁷ It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer^(B)
    and gathers its food at harvest.^(C)

⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard?^(D)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest^(E)—
¹¹ and poverty^(F) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

¹³ Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;^(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

²⁴ A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!^(A)