Proverbs 21:25-26
New International Version - UK
25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,
because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,
but the righteous give without sparing.
Proverbs 21:25-26
American Standard Version
25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him;
For his hands refuse to labor.
26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;
But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
New International Version - UK
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: you should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
American Standard Version
11 and that ye [a]study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Greek be ambitious. See Rom. 15:20 margin.
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