⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise:
⁷ which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
⁸ provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest.

¹² I wisdom dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
¹³ The fear of the Lord is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
¹⁴ Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom:
I am understanding; I have strength.
¹⁵ By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.
¹⁶ By me princes rule, and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:
    but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good:
    but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule:
    but the slothful shall be under tribute.

² A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth:
    but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

¹³ Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:
    but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

²² Without counsel purposes are disappointed:
    but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

³ Commit thy works unto the Lord,
    and thy thoughts shall be established.