The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is richly satisfied.
In context
2From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the appetite of the treacherous is for violence. 3Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; whoever opens his lips wide brings ruin on himself. 4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is richly satisfied. 5The righteous hates a lying word, but the wicked man makes himself a stench and a disgrace. 6Righteousness guards the one whose way has integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
