A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest;

so shall your poverty come as one walking, and your need like an armed man.

I will not give sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eyelids,

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work nor reasoning nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol where you go.

Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming; in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning;

that, coming suddenly, he not find you sleeping.