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It is better to get your hands dirty—and eat,[a] than to be too proud to work—and starve.

10 A good man is concerned for the welfare of his animals, but even the kindness of godless men is cruel.

11 Hard work means prosperity;[b] only a fool idles away his time.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:9 and eat, implied.
  2. Proverbs 12:11 Hard work means prosperity, literally, “He who tills his ground shall have his fill of bread.”

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