The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
