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Proverbs 20:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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Laziness leads to poverty; hard work makes you rich.

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

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

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

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

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

Suddenly poverty hits you and everything is gone!

You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.

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