Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, And an idle being suffers hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Laziness brings on deep sleep; a slacker goes hungry.
Laziness sends one into a deep sleep, and a dissolute soul will go hungry.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.
A lazy one buries his hand in a dish, And does not bring it back to his mouth.
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside!” “I am going to be murdered in the streets!”
For the drunkard and the glutton become poor, And slumber puts rags on a man.
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.
His watchmen are blind, all of them, they have not known. All of them are dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.”
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not wish to work, neither let him eat.