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Go to the ant, you sluggard.
    Consider her ways, and be wise;
which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
    provides her bread in the summer,
    and gathers her food in the harvest.
How long will you sleep, sluggard?
    When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 so your poverty will come as a robber,
    and your scarcity as an armed man.

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
Consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no [a]chief,
Overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her bread in the summer,
And gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou [b]sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [c]sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as a [d]robber,
And thy want as [e]an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:7 Or, judge
  2. Proverbs 6:9 Hebrew lie down.
  3. Proverbs 6:10 Hebrew lie down.
  4. Proverbs 6:11 Or, rover
  5. Proverbs 6:11 Hebrew a man with a shield.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand,
    but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand;
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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He who gathers in summer is a wise son,
    but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

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He that gathereth in summer is [a]a wise son;
But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son [b]that causeth shame.

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  1. Proverbs 10:5 Or, a son that doeth wisely
  2. Proverbs 10:5 Or, that doeth shamefully

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 as smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to them that send him.

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11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread,
    but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

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11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after [a]vain persons is void of understanding.

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  1. Proverbs 12:11 Or, vain things

24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule,
    but laziness ends in slave labor.

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24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule;
But [a]the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

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  1. Proverbs 12:24 Hebrew slothfulness.

27 The slothful man doesn’t roast his game,
    but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

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27 [a]The slothful man [b]roasteth not that which he took in hunting;
But the precious substance of men [c]is to the diligent.

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  1. Proverbs 12:27 Hebrew slothfulness.
  2. Proverbs 12:27 Or, catcheth not his prey
  3. Proverbs 12:27 Or, is to be diligent

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing,
    but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,
    but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
    but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;
But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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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 as a hedge of thorns;
But the path of the upright is made a highway.

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26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;
    for his mouth urges him on.

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26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;
For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

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