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Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.(A)
Proverbs 19:15
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Proverbs 19:15
New Living Translation
15 Lazy people sleep soundly,
but idleness leaves them hungry.
Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)
Proverbs 19:24
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Proverbs 19:24
New Living Translation
24 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 20:13
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Proverbs 20:13
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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs 20:13
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Proverbs 20:13
New Living Translation
13 If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!
Proverbs 21:5
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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
New Living Translation
Proverbs 21:5
New Living Translation
5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
Proverbs 21:25
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Proverbs 21:25
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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 21:25
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Proverbs 21:25
New Living Translation
25 Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin,
for their hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 24:30-34
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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)
Proverbs 24:30-34
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Proverbs 24:30-34
New Living Translation
30 I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.
31 I saw that it was overgrown with nettles.
It was covered with weeds,
and its walls were broken down.
32 Then, as I looked and thought about it,
I learned this lesson:
33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 26:13-16
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Proverbs 26:13-16
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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.
Proverbs 26:13-16
New Living Translation
Proverbs 26:13-16
New Living Translation
13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!
Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
14 As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
15 Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
16 Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
Proverbs 28:19
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Proverbs 28:19
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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)
Proverbs 28:19
New Living Translation
Proverbs 28:19
New Living Translation
19 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
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