⁴ Sluggards^(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.^(B)

¹³ Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;^(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

¹⁸ Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.^(A)

²⁴ A person’s steps are directed^(A) by the Lord.^(B)
    How then can anyone understand their own way?^(C)

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

²⁵ The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,^(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.

¹³ The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!^(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”