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Avoiding strife brings honor to a man,
but every stubborn fool is always fighting.
A lazy person fails to plow when it is the season for planting.[a]
He expects something in the harvest, but nothing will be there.
The intentions in a person’s heart are deep water,
but a person with understanding can draw them out.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 Literally at the start of the rainy season