⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard?^(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest^(B)—
¹¹ and poverty^(C) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

²⁴ One person gives freely, yet gains even more;
    another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

²⁵ A generous^(A) person will prosper;
    whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.^(B)

²⁶ People curse the one who hoards grain,
    but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

²⁷ Whoever seeks good finds favor,
    but evil comes to one who searches for it.^(C)

²⁸ Those who trust in their riches will fall,^(D)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.^(E)