15 (A)Laziness casts one into a deep sleep,
And an idle person will (B)suffer hunger.

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24 (A)A lazy man buries his hand in the [a]bowl,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:24 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit

(A)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
(B)He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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13 (A)Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

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(A)The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

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25 The (A)desire of the lazy man kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor.

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30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
31 And there it was, (A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33 (B)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
34 (C)So shall your poverty come like [a]a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
  2. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield

13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the [a]streets!”
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.
15 The (A)lazy man buries his hand in the [b]bowl;
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:13 Or plazas, squares
  2. Proverbs 26:15 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit

19 (A)He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

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