⁵ Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,^(A)
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

²¹ The wicked borrow and do not repay,
    but the righteous give generously;^(A)

²⁰ Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

³⁰ I went past the field of a sluggard,^(A)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
³¹ thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
³² I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
³³ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest^(B)—
³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.^(C)

¹⁸ One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.^(A)

² Good people obtain favor from the Lord,^(A)
    but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.^(B)

²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(A)
    or their children begging^(B) bread.
²⁶ They are always generous and lend freely;^(C)
    their children will be a blessing.^[a](D)