A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ¹ 

But Pharaoh replied, ¹  “You are slackers! Slackers! ²  That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

The lazy person does not roast ¹  his prey, but personal possessions ²  are precious to the diligent.

What the sluggard desires ¹  will kill him, ²  for his hands ³  refuse to work.

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

The diligent ¹  person ²  will rule, but the slothful ³  will become a slave. ⁴ 

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, ¹  so is the sluggard to those ²  who send him.

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

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.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. ¹ 

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

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

But his master answered, ¹  ‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

The one who is lazy ¹  becomes poor, ²  but the one who works diligently ³  becomes wealthy. ⁴ 

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

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

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

Because of laziness the roof ¹  caves in, and because of idle hands ²  the house leaks.

But you must require ¹  of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. ²  Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. ³  That is why they are crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’