⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard;^(A)
    consider its ways and be wise!

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

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

⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard?^(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?

⁴ A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,^(A)
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

²⁵ Ants are creatures of little strength,
    yet they store up their food in the summer;^(A)

¹³ A sluggard says,^(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”^(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so a sluggard turns on his bed.^(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.^(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.