Proverbs also tells us the end in store for the lazy: A lazy person becomes a servant (or debtor): “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor” (12:24); his future is bleak: “A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing” (20:4); he may come to poverty: “The soul of the lazy man desires and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich” (13:4 KJV).
Sinasabi sa atin ng Kawikaan ang hantungan ng isang taong tamad: ang isang taong tamad ay magiging isang alipin o mangungutang: "Balang araw ang masikap ang mamamahala, ngunit ang tamad ay mananatiling alila (12:24); madilim ang kanyang hinaharap: "Ang magsasakang tamad magbungkal ay walang maaani pagdating ng anihan" (20:4); at siya ay maaaring maghirap: "Ang tamad ay nangangarap ngunit hindi natutupad, ang hangarin ng masikap ay laging nagaganap." (13:4).