^27 (A)Prepare your outside work,
Make it fit for yourself in the field;
And afterward build your house.

³⁰ I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
³¹ And there it was, ^(A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
³² When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
^33 (B)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
^34 (C)So shall your poverty come like ^[a]a prowler,
And your need like ^[b]an armed man.

^2 (A)It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

^13 (A)Like the cold of snow in time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

¹³ The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the ^[a]streets!”
¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
¹⁵ The ^(A)lazy man buries his hand in the ^[b]bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
¹⁶ The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.