⁹ One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.^(A)

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

³⁰ I went past the field of a sluggard,^(A)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
³¹ thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
³² I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
³³ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest^(B)—
³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.^(C)

²⁴ Whoever robs their father or mother^(A)
    and says, “It’s not wrong,”
    is partner to one who destroys.^(B)