²⁶ A lazy person affects the one ·he works for [^Lwho sends him]
like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes [^Cirritating].

¹⁹ A lazy person’s ·life [^Lpath] is like a patch of thorns,
but an ·honest [virtuous] person’s ·life [path] is like a smooth highway.

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.

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.

¹³ The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside!
I might get killed out in the ·street [middle of the public square]!”

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].

¹³ The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the ·road [path]!
There’s a lion in the streets!”

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

¹⁵ Lazy people may ·put [^Lbury] their hands in the dish,
but they are ·too tired [or not able] to lift the food to their mouths.

¹⁶ The lazy person ·thinks he is wiser [^Lis wiser in his own eyes]
than seven people who give sensible answers.