I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding;
I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know it for your good.
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging bread.
In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that lacks understanding.
He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he who follows vain persons lacks understanding.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
But he who commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drips through.
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness.