⁶ Go to the ant, lazy!
    Consider its ways and be wise.
⁷ It has no chief,
    officer, or ruler.
⁸ In the summer, it prepares its food;
    in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
⁹ How long will you lie down, lazy?
    When will you rise up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands for rest—
¹¹ like a robber^[a] shall your poverty come,
    and what you lack like an armed man.

⁴ A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent enriches.
⁵ He who gathers in the summer is a child who is prudent;
    he who sleeps at the harvest is a child who brings shame.

²⁶ Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes,
    thus is the lazy to one who employs^[a] him.

¹¹ He who works his land will have plenty of food,
    but he who follows worthless things lacks sense.^[a]

²⁴ The hand of the diligent ones will rule,
    but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

²⁷ The lazy will not roast his game,
    but diligence is the precious wealth of a man.

⁴ The soul^[a] of the lazy craves, but there is nothing,
    but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

⁴ When there are no^[a] oxen the manger is empty,
    but an abundance of crops comes by the strength of an ox.^[b]

²³ In all toil, there is profit,
    but the talk^[a] of lips leads only to poverty.

¹⁹ The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,^[a]
    but the path of the upright is a highway.