Proverbs 12:27

New Century Version

The lazy catch no food to cook, but a hard worker will have great wealth.

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It is better to have little and be right than to have much and be wrong.

A lazy person will end up poor, but a hard worker will become rich.

Good people take advice from their friends, but an evil person is easily led to do wrong.

The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.

It is better to be poor and respect the Lord than to be wealthy and have much trouble.

It is better to be poor and right than to be wealthy and dishonest.

Control yourself if you have a big appetite.

Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges, the lazy person turns over and over in bed.

Lazy people may put their hands in the dish, but they are too tired to lift the food to their mouths.