6 Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise. 7 They don’t have a leader, an officer, or a ruler, 8 yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.

9 So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?

10 You may say,* "Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest"— 11 and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.