⁴ “Whoever is simple, let him turn here.”
    As for the one who lacks sense,^[a] she says to him,

¹⁶ “Whoever is simple, may he turn here!”
    As for he who lacks sense,^[a] she says to him,

¹³ On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found,
    but a rod is for the back of one who lacks sense.^[a]

³⁰ I passed by the field of a lazy person,
    and over the vineyard of a person lacking sense;^[a]
31 and behold, it was overgrown—all of it was covered with thorns, its surface with nettles,
    and its stone wall^[b] was broken down.
³² Then I myself saw and my heart^[c] considered;
    I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
³³ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands for rest,
³⁴ and your poverty will come running,
    and your lack like an armed warrior.

⁶ Do not promote yourself before the king,
    and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
⁷ For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”
    than he humble you before a noble.
What your eyes have seen,