The fool (A)folds his hands and (B)eats his own flesh.

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20 (A)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
    and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(B)each devours the flesh of his own arm,

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10 (A)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    (B)a little (C)folding of the hands to rest,
11 (D)and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

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14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
    and (A)put my life in my hand?

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33 (A)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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(A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    (B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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(A)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent (B)is richly supplied.

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27 (A)Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
    but the diligent man will get precious wealth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:27 Or but diligence is precious wealth

17 (A)A man who is kind benefits himself,
    but a cruel man hurts himself.

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