Proverbs 24:34

New Century Version

Soon you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.

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

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

A person who doesn’t work hard is just like someone who destroys things.

You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah.

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the ones who chase empty dreams instead will end up poor.

You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.