¹⁵ Lazy people sleep soundly,
    but idleness leaves them hungry.

²⁴ Lazy people take food in their hand
    but don’t even lift it to their mouth.

⁴ Those too lazy to plow in the right season
    will have no food at the harvest.

¹³ If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
    Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!

¹⁷ Those who love pleasure become poor;
    those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.

²⁵ Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
    for their hands refuse to work.

²⁶ Some people are always greedy for more,
    but the godly love to give!

²⁹ Do you see any truly competent workers?
    They will serve kings
    rather than working for ordinary people.

²⁷ Do your planning and prepare your fields
    before building your house.

³⁰ I walked by the field of a lazy person,
    the vineyard of one with no common sense.
³¹ I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
    It was covered with weeds,
    and its walls were broken down.
³² Then, as I looked and thought about it,
    I learned this lesson:
³³ A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest—
³⁴ then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
    scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

¹⁴ As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
    so the lazy person turns over in bed.