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

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A lazy person doesn’t plow in the proper[a] season;
    he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 20:4 The Heb. lacks proper

13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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13 Do not love sleep or you’ll become poor,
    keep your eyes open and you’ll have plenty of food.

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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17 Pleasure lovers become poor;
    loving wine and oil doesn’t bring riches.

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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(B) give without sparing.(C)

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25 What the lazy person craves will kill him,
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he continues to crave,
    while the righteous person gives without holding back.

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Saying 6

29 Do you see someone skilled(A) in their work?
    They will serve(B) before kings;(C)
    they will not serve before officials of low rank.

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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work?
    He will work for kings, not unimportant people.

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27 Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;
    after that, build your house.

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27 First do your outside work,
    preparing your land for yourself.
        After that, build your house.

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30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(A)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(B)
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.(C)

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30 I went by the field belonging to a lazy man,
    by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.
31 There it was, overgrown with thistles,
    the ground covered with thorns,
        its stone wall collapsed.
32 As I observed, I thought about it;
    I watched, and learned a lesson:
33 “A little sleep! A little slumber!
    A little folding of my hands to rest!”
34 Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    your need like an armed bandit.

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14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so a sluggard turns on his bed.(A)

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14 The door turns on its hinges—
    as does the lazy person on his bed.

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18 The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,(A)
    and whoever protects their master will be honored.(B)

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18 Whoever nurtures the fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and whoever obeys[a] his master will be honored.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 27:18 Lit. guards

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,(A)
    give careful attention to your herds;
24 for riches do not endure forever,(B)
    and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears
    and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26 the lambs will provide you with clothing,
    and the goats with the price of a field.
27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family
    and to nourish your female servants.

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23 Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks
    and pay attention to your herds,
24 because riches don’t endure forever,
    and crowns don’t last from one generation to the next.
25 When the grass disappears,
    and new growth appears,
        the mountain spices will be harvested,
26 the lambs will supply your clothing,
    and your goats the price of a field.
27 You will have enough goat’s milk to drink
    and to supply your household needs,
        as well as sustenance for your servant girls.

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19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)

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19 Whoever works his farmland will have abundant food,
    but whoever chases fantasies will become very poor.

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