¹⁵ Lazy people ·sleep a lot [^Lfall into a deep sleep],
and idle people will go hungry.

²⁴ Though the lazy person ·puts [^Lburies] his hand in the dish,
he won’t lift the food to his mouth.

⁴ Lazy farmers don’t plow ·when they should [^Lin the winter];
they ·expect [look for] a harvest, but there is none.

¹³ ·If you love to sleep, you [^LDo not love to sleep, or you] will be poor.
·If you stay awake [^LKeep your eyes open, and], you will have plenty of food.

¹⁷ Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and ·perfume [oil] will never be rich.

²⁵ Lazy people’s ·desire for sleep [^Llongings] will kill them,
because ·they refuse to work [^Ltheir hands refuse to do anything; 2 Thess. 3:10].

²⁶ All day long they wish for more,
but ·good [righteous] people give without holding back.

²⁹ Do you see people ·skilled [or diligent] in their work?
They will work for kings, not for ·ordinary [obscure] people.

²⁷ First, ·finish your outside work [execute/establish your affairs in public]
    and prepare your fields.
After that, you can build your house.

³⁰ I ·passed by [happened upon] a lazy person’s field
    and by the vineyard of someone ·with no sense [^Lwho lacks heart/sense].
³¹ Thorns had grown up everywhere.
    The ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone walls had fallen down.
³² I ·thought about [took to heart] what I had seen;
    I learned this lesson from what I saw.
³³ ·You sleep a little; you take a nap [“A little sleep, a little slumber”].
    ·You fold your hands and [^L“A little folding of the arms to…”] lie down to rest [6:10].
³⁴ So ·you will be as poor as if you had been robbed [^Lpoverty will come on you like a robber];
    ·you will have as little as if you had been held up [^Ldeprivation (will come on you) like a shielded warrior].

¹⁴ Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges,
the lazy person turns over and over in bed.