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One who is slack in his work
    is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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Even he who is slack in his work,
    he is brother to a master[a] of destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:9 Or “owner”

15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep.
    The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep,
    and a person[a] of idleness will suffer hunger.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:15 Or “soul,” or “life”