Proverbs 20:4

A Conservative Version

The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

Purpose in the heart of man is deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

He who observes the wind shall not sow, and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.