<p class="poetry">The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">than seven people who respond with good sense.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Go to the ant, you sluggard;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">observe its ways and be wise!p>

<p class="poetry">How long, you sluggard, will you lie there?p> <p class="poetry">When will you rise from your sleep?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The appetite<n id="1" /> of the sluggard<n id="2" /> craves<n id="3" /> but gets nothing,p> <p class="poetry">but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the path of the upright is like<n id="2" /> a highway.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard will not plow<n id="1" /> during the planting season,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so at harvest time he looks<n id="3" /> for the crop<n id="4" /> but has nothing.p>

<p class="poetry">What the sluggard desires<n id="1" /> will kill him,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for his hands<n id="3" /> refuse to work.p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard says, &#8220;There is a lion<n id="1" /> outside!p> <p class="poetry">I will be killed in the middle of the streets!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard<n id="1" /> says, &#8220;There is a lion in the road!p> <p class="poetry">A lion in the streets!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard plunges<n id="1" /> his hand in the dish;p> <p class="poetry">he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The sluggard plunges<n id="1" /> his hand in the dish,p> <p class="poetry">and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I passed by the field of a sluggard,p> <p class="poetry">by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.<n id="1" />p>