Against Sloth

• 6 Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.
• 7 It has no chief, officer, or ruler.
• 8 In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
• 9 How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
• 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest—
• 11 like a robber[fn] shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.