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A child who gathers in summer is prudent,
    but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.(A)

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it prepares its food in summer
    and gathers its sustenance in harvest.(A)

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25 the ants are a people without strength,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;(A)

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26 Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
    are children who cause shame and bring reproach.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.(A)

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A good wife is the crown of her husband,
    but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.(A)

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Go to the ant, you lazybones;
    consider its ways and be wise.(A)

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Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;(A)
let the wicked forsake their way
    and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)

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