² A prudent servant will rule in place of a disgraceful son
    and will share in the inheritance among brothers.

¹⁵ Laziness puts one to sleep,
    and an idle person will go hungry.

²⁴ The lazy person buries his hand in his dish
    and doesn’t bother to bring it back to his mouth.

⁴ A lazy person doesn’t plow in the proper^[a] season;
    he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

¹³ Do not love sleep or you’ll become poor,
    keep your eyes open and you’ll have plenty of food.

⁵ Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity,
    but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

¹⁷ Pleasure lovers become poor;
    loving wine and oil doesn’t bring riches.

²⁵ What the lazy person craves will kill him,
    because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶ All day long he continues to crave,
    while the righteous person gives without holding back.

¹³ The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the street!”