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How long will you sleep, sluggard?
    When will you arise out of your sleep?

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?

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26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
    so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke(A) to the eyes,
    so are sluggards to those who send them.(B)

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19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch,
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

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19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,(A)
    but the path of the upright is a highway.

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24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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

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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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25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,
    for his hands refuse to labor.
26 There are those who covet greedily all day long;
    but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

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

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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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30 I went by the field of the sluggard,
    by the vineyard of the man void of understanding:
31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
    Its surface was covered with nettles,
    and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered well.
    I saw, and received instruction:
33 a little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 so your poverty will come as a robber
    and your want as an armed man.

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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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13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
    A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14 As the door turns on its hinges,
    so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish.
    He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven men who answer with discretion.

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13 A sluggard says,(A) “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”(B)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
    so a sluggard turns on his bed.(C)
15 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.(D)
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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