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Proverbs 20:4

Modern English Version

The sluggard will not plow in season; he will beg at harvest and have nothing.

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He who has an idle hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The soul of the sluggard desires and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent will be made fat.

Slothfulness casts a man into a deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

A sluggard hides his hand in the bowl; he will not bring it to his mouth again.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to work.

so shall your poverty come like a prowler, and your want like an armed man.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise,

He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.