I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
*I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good.*
The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.