How long will you lie down, you [a]lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep?

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  1. Proverbs 6:9 Lit idle one

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?

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26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the [a](A)lazy one to those who send him.

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  1. Proverbs 10:26 Lit idle one

26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke(A) to the eyes,
    so are sluggards to those who send them.(B)

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The soul of the [a]lazy one craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made [b]prosperous.

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  1. Proverbs 13:4 Lit idle
  2. Proverbs 13:4 Lit fat

A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,(A)
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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The [a](A)lazy one does not plow after the autumn,
So he [b]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit idle
  2. Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

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

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16 A lazy one is (A)wiser in his own eyes
Than seven people who can [a]give a discreet answer.

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  1. Proverbs 26:16 Lit return discreetly

16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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