I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;
I will show you; hear me; and what I have seen I will declare,
As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.
The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
I have been young, and am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
In the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him who is without understanding.
He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart.
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.
By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.
All things I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.