² A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

⁹ One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.^(A)

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.^(A)

²⁴ A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!^(A)

⁴ Sluggards^(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.^(B)

¹³ Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;^(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.^(A)

²⁵ The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,^(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
²⁶ All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous^(B) give without sparing.^(C)

¹³ The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!^(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”