24  ^lThe hand of the diligent will rule,

while the slothful will be ^mput to forced labor.

27  ^oWhoever is slothful will not roast his game,

but the diligent man will get precious wealth.¹

19  The way of ^ha sluggard is like a hedge of ⁱthorns,

but the path of the upright is ^ja level highway.

9  Whoever is slack in his work

is a ^hbrother to him who destroys.

24  ^oThe sluggard buries his hand in ^pthe dish

and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

25  The desire of ^gthe sluggard kills him,

for his hands refuse to labor.

13  ^jThe sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!

I shall be killed in the streets!”

30  ^hI passed by the field of a sluggard,

by the vineyard of a man ⁱlacking sense,

13  ^lThe sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!

There is a lion in the streets!”

14  As a door turns on its hinges,

so does a sluggard on his bed.

15  ^mThe sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.