Proverbs 21:25-26
English Standard Version
25 The desire of (A)the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
26 All day long he craves and craves,
but the righteous (B)gives and does not hold back.
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
English Standard Version
11 and to aspire (A)to live quietly, and (B)to mind your own affairs, and (C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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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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