¹⁵ Laziness will bring on a deep sleep,
    and a person^[a] of idleness will suffer hunger.

²⁴ A lazy person buries his hand in the dish,
    and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.

⁴ The lazy person will not plow in season;
    he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.

¹³ Do not love sleep, lest you become poor;
    open your eyes and have plenty bread.

¹⁷ A man of want is he who loves pleasure;
    he who loves wine and oil^[a] will not become rich.

²⁵ The craving of a lazy person will kill him,
    for his hands refuse to work.^[a]
26 All day^[b] he craves a craving,
    but the righteous will give and not hold back.

²⁹ A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see:
    before kings, he will serve;
    he will not serve before the commoners.

²⁷ Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field;
    afterward, then^[a] you shall build your house.

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.