The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;\par\tab Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;\par\tab But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;\par\tab And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;\par\tab But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
So shall thy poverty come as a robber,\par\tab And thy want as an armed man.\par
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,\par\tab And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard;\par\tab Consider her ways, and be wise:
Counsel in the heart of man is {\i like} deep water;\par\tab But a man of understanding will draw it out.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him;\par\tab For his hands refuse to labor.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.