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Proverbs 18:9

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And he who is slack in his work, he is a brother to a master of destruction.

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I am a brother to jackals, and a friend to daughters of the ostrich.

He who works with a lazy palm will be lacking, but the hand of the diligent one makes to become rich.

The words of a slanderer are greedily swallowed; yea, they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall be hungry.

He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is not a transgression, he shall be a partner to a man who corrupts.

And answering, his lord said to him, Evil and slothful slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather where I did not scatter.

in diligence, not slothful, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

that you not become dull, but imitators of the ones who through faith and long-suffering are inheriting the promises.