¹¹ then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
    scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

⁴ Lazy people want much but get little,
    but those who work hard will prosper.

³⁴ then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
    scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

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

⁴ Lazy people are soon poor;
    hard workers get rich.