⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

⁷ Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁴ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

²⁴ A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.