²¹ The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
    but the righteous ^(A)is generous and gives;

²⁰ So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

^30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man ^(B)lacking sense,
³¹ and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone ^(C)wall was broken down.
³² Then I saw and ^(D)considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.
^33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children ^(A)begging for bread.
²⁶ He is ever ^(B)lending generously,
    and his children become a blessing.