⁶ Go to the ant, you lazy person;
    observe its ways and grow wise.
⁷ The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.
⁸     Even so, it gets its food in summer;
    gathers its provisions at harvest.
⁹ How long, lazy person, will you lie down?
    When will you rise from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the arms to lie down—
¹¹     and poverty will come on you like a prowler,
        destitution like a warrior.

⁴ Laziness brings poverty;
    hard work makes one rich.

⁵ A wise son harvests in the summer;
    a disgraceful son sleeps right through the harvest.

²⁶ Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
    so are lazy people to those who authorize them.