15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.(A)

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15 Laziness puts one to sleep,
    and an idle person will go hungry.

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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)

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24 The lazy person buries his hand in his dish
    and doesn’t bother to bring it back to his mouth.

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