8. provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9. How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
11. So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
12. A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
13. he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14. deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
16. These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18. a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
19. a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
20. My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
21. bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
22. when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23. For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: