Proverbs 24:27
New Living Translation
27 Do your planning and prepare your fields
before building your house.
Proverbs 24:30-34
New Living Translation
30 I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
It was covered with weeds,
and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it,
I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 25:2
New Living Translation
2 It is God’s privilege to conceal things
and the king’s privilege to discover them.
Proverbs 25:13
New Living Translation
13 Trustworthy messengers refresh like snow in summer.
They revive the spirit of their employer.
Proverbs 26:13-16
New Living Translation
13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!
Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
14 As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
15 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
16 Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
Proverbs 27:23
New Living Translation
23 Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
Proverbs 28:19
New Living Translation
19 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
Proverbs 30:24-28
New Living Translation
24 There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
26 Hyraxes[a]—they aren’t powerful,
but they make their homes among the rocks.
27 Locusts—they have no king,
but they march in formation.
28 Lizards—they are easy to catch,
but they are found even in kings’ palaces.
Footnotes
- 30:26 Or Coneys, or Rock badgers.
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