The appetite ¹  of the sluggard ²  craves ³  but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. ⁴ 

The righteous person hates anything false, ¹  but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. ² 

The scorner ¹  seeks wisdom but finds none, ²  but understanding is easy ³  for a discerning person.

Severe discipline ¹  is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof ²  will die.

The scorner does not love ¹  one who corrects him; ²  he will not go to ³  the wise.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, ¹  but the path of the upright is like ²  a highway. ³ 

When a person’s ¹  ways are pleasing to the Lord, ²  he ³  even reconciles his enemies to himself. ⁴ 

The sluggard plunges ¹  his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! ² 

The sluggard will not plow ¹  during the planting season, ²  so at harvest time he looks ³  for the crop ⁴  but has nothing.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion ¹  outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!” ² 

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, ¹  and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

The sluggard ¹  says, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!” ² 

Like ¹  a door that turns on its hinges, ²  so a sluggard turns ³  on his bed.

The sluggard plunges ¹  his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. ² 

The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation ¹  than seven people who respond with good sense. ² 

The one who hates others disguises ¹  it with his lips, but he stores up ²  deceit within him. ³ 

Then the Lord provoked ¹  their adversaries to attack them, ²  he stirred up ³  their enemies –

Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies.