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14 Bais and hon (wealth) are the nachalah avot, and a prudent isha (wife) is from Hashem.

15 Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger.

16 He that is shomer over the mitzvah is shomer over his own nefesh, but he that is reckless in his drakhim shall die.

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14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(A)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.(C)

16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(D)

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