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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
    and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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Proverbs 18
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 Whoever is slack in his work
    is a (A)brother to him who destroys.

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Proverbs 18:9
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9 One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.(A)

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Proverbs 18:9
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9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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Proverbs 19
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Proverbs 19:15
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15 (A)Slothfulness casts into (B)a deep sleep,
    and (C)an idle person will suffer hunger.

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Proverbs 19:15
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.(A)

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Proverbs 19:15
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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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Proverbs 18
Proverbs 20
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Proverbs 19:24
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24 (A)The sluggard buries his hand in (B)the dish
    and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)

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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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Proverbs 20
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 (A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
    (B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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Proverbs 20:4
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4 Sluggards(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.(B)

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Proverbs 20:4
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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Proverbs 20:13
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13 (A)Love not sleep, lest you (B)come to poverty;
    open your eyes, and you will have (C)plenty of bread.

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Proverbs 20:13
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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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Proverbs 20:13
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13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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Proverbs 21
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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of (A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is (B)hasty comes (C)only to poverty.

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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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Proverbs 22
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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Proverbs 21:17
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17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

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Proverbs 22
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Proverbs 21:25-26
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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.

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Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(B) give without sparing.(C)

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Proverbs 21:25-26
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25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

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