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.
⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
¹⁰ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
¹¹ so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

⁴ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
    but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son:
    but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
    so is the sluggard to them that send him.

¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:
    but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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