Proverbs 20:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

If you are too lazy to plow, don't expect a harvest.

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Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.

No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

Suddenly poverty hits you and everything is gone!

Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves.

You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.

Someone's thoughts may be as deep as the ocean, but if you are smart, you will discover them.

If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

If you worry about the weather and don't plant seeds, you won't harvest a crop.