Proverbs 19:24

New American Bible - revised edition

The sluggard buries a hand in the dish; not even lifting it to the mouth.

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Why draw back your hand, why hold back your right hand within your bosom?

Sloth does not catch its prey, but the wealth of the diligent is splendid.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge, but the path of the diligent is a highway.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the sluggard goes hungry.

The desire of sluggards will slay them, for their hands refuse to work.

He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.

He said to them, “One of the Twelve, the one who dips with me into the dish.