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Proverbs 6:8-10
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8 but they get their food during the summer. At the time of harvest they store food to prepare for winter.

9 But you, you lazy man, you lie in bed too long! Will you never get up to work? 10 You say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’

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8 yet it stores its provisions in summer(A)
    and gathers its food at harvest.(B)

9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(C)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(D)—

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8 Provides her [a]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 (A)How long will you [b]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—

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  1. Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
  2. Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
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8 she prepares her bread (A)in summer
    and (B)gathers her food in harvest.
9 (C)How long will you lie there, (D)O sluggard?
    When will you arise from your sleep?
10 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    (F)a little (G)folding of the hands to rest,

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