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Proverbs 6:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But then you sleep and sleep and become poorer and poorer. Soon you will have nothing. It will be as if a thief came and stole everything you owned.

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Lazy people always want things but never get them. Those who work hard get plenty.

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

Some people are too lazy to plant seeds. So at harvest time, they look for food and find nothing.

Lazy hands will make you poor; hard-working hands will make you rich.

Those who eat and drink too much become poor. They sleep too much and end up wearing rags.

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

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

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

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