He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.

How long will you lie, O sluggard? And when will you awake out of sleep?

You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short time, and you fold your arms over your breast a little.

Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread.

for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor, and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

See how they are all blinded; they have not known; [they are] dumb dogs [that] will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.

And do this, knowing the time, that [it is] already [the] hour for us to be roused out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

The night is advanced, the day is at hand. Therefore let us put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Therefore He says: "Awake, you who are sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Poverty brings a man low, but the hands of the vigorous make rich. [ 10:4A] A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.

A wise son is saved from heat, but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.

Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread.

for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor, and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat!