Proverbs 20:4

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.

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A slothful hand makes poverty, and the hand of the active will make rich.

Sloth will cast a deep sleep; and the soul of sloth shall hunger.

The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat

And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.

The slothful one hiding his hand in the dish, also he will not turn it back to his mouth.

Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise:

Deep waters are counsel in the heart of man; and a man of understanding will draw it out

The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,

He watching the wind shall not sow; and he looking in the clouds, shall not reap.