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How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

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How long wilt thou [a]sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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  1. Proverbs 6:9 Hebrew lie down.

26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,
So is the (A)sluggard to those who send him.

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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to them that send him.

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19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns,
But the path of the upright is a highway.

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19 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns;
But the path of the upright is made a highway.

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24 The (A)sluggard buries his hand (B)in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,
And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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The (A)sluggard does not plow from winter on,
So he [a]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
[a]Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 20:4 Or, Therefore when he seeketh in harvest, there shall be nothing

25 The (A)desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;
26 All day long he [a]is insatiably craving,
While the righteous (B)gives and does not hold back.

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  1. Proverbs 21:26 Lit desires desire

25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him;
For his hands refuse to labor.
26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;
But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

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13 The (A)sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

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13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.

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30 I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man (A)lacking a heart of wisdom,
31 And behold, it was completely [a](B)overgrown with thistles;
[b](C)Nettles have covered its surface,
And its stone (D)wall has been torn down.
32 And I beheld, I set my heart upon it;
I saw, I received discipline.
33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest,”
34 Then your poverty will come as [c]a robber
And your want like [d]an armed man.

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  1. Proverbs 24:31 Lit gone up
  2. Proverbs 24:31 A kind of weed
  3. Proverbs 24:34 Or a vagabond; lit one who walks
  4. Proverbs 24:34 Lit a man with a shield

30 I went by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
The face thereof was covered with [a]nettles,
And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I beheld, and considered well;
I saw, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber,
And thy want as an armed man.

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  1. Proverbs 24:31 Or, wild vetches

13 The (A)sluggard says, “There is a fierce lion in the road!
A lion is [a]among the streets!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
So does the (B)sluggard on his bed.
15 The (C)sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
He is too weary to return it to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is (D)wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can respond with a discreet answer.

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  1. Proverbs 26:13 Lit within

13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way;
A lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon its hinges,
So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish;
It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in [a]his own conceit
Than seven men that can [b]render a reason.

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  1. Proverbs 26:16 Hebrew his own eyes.
  2. Proverbs 26:16 Or, answer discreetly