27 (A)Prepare your work outside;
    get everything ready for yourself in the field,
    and after that build your house.

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27 Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;
    after that, build your house.

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30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
    by the vineyard of a man (B)lacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone (C)wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and (D)considered it;
    I looked and received instruction.
33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

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30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(B)
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.(C)

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It is the glory of God to (A)conceal things,
    but the glory of kings is to (B)search things out.

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It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(A)

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13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
    is (A)a faithful messenger to those who send him;
    he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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13 Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
    is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
    he refreshes the spirit of his master.(A)

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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    There is a lion in the streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so does a sluggard on his bed.
15 (B)The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (C)wiser in his own eyes
    (D)than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so a sluggard turns on his bed.(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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23 (A)Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and (B)give attention to your herds,

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23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,(A)
    give careful attention to your herds;

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19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
    but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)

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24 (A)Four things on earth are small,
    but they are exceedingly wise:
25 (B)the ants are a people not strong,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;
26 (C)the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
    yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27 the locusts have no (D)king,
    yet all of them march in (E)rank;
28 the lizard you can take in your hands,
    yet it is in kings' palaces.

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24 “Four things on earth are small,
    yet they are extremely wise:
25 Ants are creatures of little strength,
    yet they store up their food in the summer;(A)
26 hyraxes(B) are creatures of little power,
    yet they make their home in the crags;
27 locusts(C) have no king,
    yet they advance together in ranks;
28 a lizard can be caught with the hand,
    yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

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