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Proverbs 6:11

God's Word

Then your poverty will come ⌞to you⌟ like a drifter, and your need will come ⌞to you⌟ like a bandit.

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Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands bring riches.

A lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied.

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Do not love sleep or you will end up poor. Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat.

A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.

because both a drunk and a glutton will become poor. Drowsiness will dress a person in rags.

“Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap.”

Then your poverty will come like a drifter, and your need will come like a bandit.

A fool folds his hands and wastes away.