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Proverbs 6:11

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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.

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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.

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If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.

A lazy person is too lazy to plant seeds. So, at the time of harvest he looks for food and finds nothing.

People who drink too much and eat too much become poor. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, and soon they have nothing.

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

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

Some people say, “It is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing. If you don’t work, you will starve to death.”