Proverbs 19:24

New International Reader's Version

A person who doesn’t want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He won’t even bring it back up to his mouth!

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Why don’t you help us? Why do you hold back your power? Use your strong power to destroy your enemies!

Lazy people do not even cook what they catch. But those who work hard eat their fill of what is hunted.

The way of people who don’t want to work is blocked with thorns. But the path of honest people is a wide road.

Anyone who doesn’t want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

Some people will die while they are still hungry. That’s because their hands refuse to work.

Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will hand me over.

“It is one of you,” Jesus replied. “It is the one who dips bread into the bowl with me.