New Revised Standard Version
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.

Contemporary English Version
Having a lazy person on the job is like a mouth full of vinegar or smoke in your eyes.

New American Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, are sluggards to those who send them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

vinegar

Proverbs 25:13,20 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul. . . .

as smoke.

Isaiah 65:5 That say: Depart from me, come not near me, because thou art unclean: these shall be smoke in my anger, a fire burning all the day.

so

Matthew 25:26 And his lord answering, said to him: Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed.

Romans 12:11 In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.

Hebrews 6:12 That you become not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience shall inherit the promises.