4. Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
5. Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6. Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7. Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
8. She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
9. Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
10. A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
11. And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
12. A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
13. Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
14. Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
15. Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken--and no healing.
16. These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
17. Eyes high--tongues false--And hands shedding innocent blood--
18. A heart devising thoughts of vanity--Feet hasting to run to evil--
19. A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
20. Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.