²⁴ Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.^(A)

²⁷ The lazy do not roast^[a] any game,
    but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

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)

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

² A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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

¹³ The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!^(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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