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

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and smoke^(A) to the eyes,
    so are sluggards to those who send them.^(B)

¹¹ Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies have no sense.^(A)

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.

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

²³ An unplowed field produces food for the poor,
    but injustice sweeps it away.

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,^(A)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

²⁶ The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.

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