⁴ A slack hand ^(A)causes poverty,
    ^(B)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
⁵ He who ^(C)gathers in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps in harvest is ^(D)a son who brings shame.

²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
    so is the sluggard to those who send him.

^11 (A)Whoever works his land ^(B)will have plenty of bread,
    ^(C)but he who follows ^(D)worthless pursuits lacks sense.

^24 (A)The hand of the diligent will rule,
    while the slothful will be ^(B)put to forced labor.

^27 (A)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
    but the diligent man will get precious wealth.^[a]

^4 (A)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent ^(B)is richly supplied.

⁴ Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
    but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

²³ In all toil there is profit,
    but mere talk ^(A)tends only to poverty.