¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

⁴ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

¹⁷ He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

⁵ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

²⁷ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

¹⁴ As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.