³¹ I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
    It was covered with weeds,
    and its walls were broken down.

¹⁸ Laziness leads to a sagging roof;
    idleness leads to a leaky house.

“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts!
    Do not waste your good seed among thorns.

⁵ Now let me tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
    and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
    and let the animals trample it.

²¹ for they are on their way to poverty,
    and too much sleep clothes them in rags.

¹³ The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion out there!
    If I go outside, I might be killed!”

⁴ Those too lazy to plow in the right season
    will have no food at the harvest.