Lazy hands make for poverty,(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(B)

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23 All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(A)
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.(B)

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