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I passed by the field of a lazy one, And by the vineyard of a person lacking sense,

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

And behold, it was completely overgrown with weeds; Its surface was covered with weeds, And its stone wall was broken down.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction.

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Then your poverty will come like a drifter, And your need like an armed man.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.