American Standard Version of 1901
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Prepare thy work without,And make it ready for thee in the field;And afterwards build thy house.
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; {Hebrew: And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?}And deceive not with thy lips.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the sluggard,And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,The face thereof was covered with {Or, wild vetches}nettles,And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I beheld, and considered well;I saw, and received instruction:
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to sleep;
So shall thy poverty come as a robber,And thy want as an armed man.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to {Hebrew: lie down.}sleep: