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15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
    The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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15 (A)Slothfulness casts into (B)a deep sleep,
    and (C)an idle person will suffer hunger.

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24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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24 (A)The sluggard buries his hand in (B)the dish
    and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
    therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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(A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    (B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
    Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

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13 (A)Love not sleep, lest you (B)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have (C)plenty of bread.

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The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
    and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

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The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.

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25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,
    for his hands refuse to labor.

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25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
    for his hands refuse to labor.

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30 I went by the field of the sluggard,
    by the vineyard of the man void of understanding:
31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
    Its surface was covered with nettles,
    and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered well.
    I saw, and received instruction:
33 a little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 so your poverty will come as a robber
    and your want as an armed man.

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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.

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13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
    so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
    He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven men who answer with discretion.

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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 (B)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (C)wiser in his own eyes
    (D)than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food;
    but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

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19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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