²⁴ Hard workers will ·become leaders [be in charge],
but those who are lazy will be ·slaves [put to forced labor].

²⁵ ·Worry [Anxiety] ·is a heavy load [leads to depression],
but a ·kind [good] word cheers you up.

²⁶ ·Good [Righteous] people ·take advice from their friends [or show the way to their friends/neighbors],
but ·an evil person is easily led to do wrong [or the path of the evil person makes them wander].