² A wise slave will rule over a shameful son.
He will share the inheritance with the brothers.

⁹ A person who fails to do his work
    is a brother to a vandal.

¹⁵ Laziness makes a person fall into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will go hungry.

²⁴ A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
but he does not even bring the food up to his mouth.

⁴ A lazy person fails to plow when it is the season for planting.^[a]
He expects something in the harvest, but nothing will be there.

¹³ Do not love sleep, or you will become poor.
Keep your eyes open, and you will have enough to eat.

⁵ The plans of a hard worker lead to abundance,
but everyone in a hurry rushes toward scarcity.

¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will be poor.
Whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

²⁵ A lazy person’s craving will kill him,
because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶ All day long he craves something more,
but a righteous person gives and does not hold back.

¹³ A lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be murdered in the streets!”