Proverbs 19:24

Bible in Basic English 1965

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

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Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into the plate with me, the same will be false to me.

And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.