⁶ ¶ Go to ^[a]the pismire, O sluggard: behold her ways, and be wise.

⁷ For she having no guide, governor, nor ruler,

⁸ Prepareth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in harvest.

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of the sleep?

^10 (A)Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, ^[b]a little folding of the hands to sleep.

¹¹ Therefore thy poverty cometh as one that ^[c]traveleth by the way, and thy necessity like ^[d]an armed man.

⁴ A ^[a]slothful hand maketh poor: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

⁵ He that gathereth in summer, is the son of wisdom: but he that sleepeth in harvest, is the son of confusion.

²⁶ As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful to them that ^[a]send him.

^11 (A)He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of ^[a]understanding.

^24 (A)The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the idle shall be under tribute.

²⁷ The deceitful man roasteth not that he ^[a]took in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.

⁴ The sluggard ^[a]lusteth, but his soul hath nought: but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

⁴ Where none ^[a]oxen are, there the crib is empty: but much increase cometh by the strength of the ox.

²³ In all labor there is abundance: but the talk of the lips bringeth only want.

¹⁹ The way of a slothful man is as an hedge of ^[a]thorns: but the way of the righteous is plain.