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

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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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

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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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24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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

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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[a]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing

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

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

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

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

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

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25 The desire of the slothful killeth him;
    for his hands refuse to labour.

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25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him;
For his hands refuse to labor.

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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.

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30 I went by the field of the slothful,
and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well:
I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man.

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30 I went by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
The face thereof was covered with [a]nettles,
And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I beheld, and considered well;
I saw, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber,
And thy want as an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:31 Or, wild vetches

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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13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way;
a lion is in the streets.

14 As the door turneth upon his hinges,
so doth the slothful upon his bed.

15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.

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13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;
A lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon its hinges,
So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;
It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in [a]his own conceit
Than seven men that can [b]render a reason.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:16 Hebrew his own eyes.
  2. Proverbs 26:16 Or, answer discreetly

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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19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:
but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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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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