Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
(Yet) a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain (persons) is void of understanding.