Proverbs 19:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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Why don't you punish them? Why are you holding back?

Anyone too lazy to cook will starve, but a hard worker is a valuable treasure.

Being lazy is like walking in a thorn patch, but everyone who does right walks on a smooth road.

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

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

He answered, “One of you men who has eaten with me from this dish will betray me.

He answered, “It is one of you twelve men who is eating from this dish with me.