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Proverbs 20:4

New American Bible - revised edition

In seedtime sluggards do not plow; when they look for the harvest, it is not there.

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The slack hand impoverishes, but the busy hand brings riches.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but has nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is amply satisfied.

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

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

The intention of the human heart is deep water, but the intelligent draw it forth.

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

Then poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like a brigand.

Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;

One who pays heed to the wind will never sow, and one who watches the clouds will never reap.