The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.(A)

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Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity,
    but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

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25 A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.(A)
26 He is filled with craving[a] all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:26 Lit He craves a craving

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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