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Proverbs 24:34

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These things will make you poor very quickly. You will have nothing, as if a thief broke in and took everything away.

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A lazy person will be poor. But a person that works hard will be rich.

The lazy person wants things, but he can never get them. But people who work hard will get the things they want.

But he sleeps and sleeps. And he becomes poorer and poorer. Soon he will have nothing! It will be like a robber has come and stolen everything.

a little sleep, a little rest, folding your arms, and taking a nap.

These are some more wise sayings of Solomon. These words were copied by servants of Hezekiah, king of Judah:

The lazy person says, “I need a short nap. I will lie here for a short rest.”

A person that does sloppy work is almost as bad as a person that destroys things.

A person that works hard will have plenty to eat. But a person that wastes his time with dreams will always be poor.