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Proverbs 20:4

New Messianic Version Bible

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

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He becomes poor that deals [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and [has] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

So shall youri poverty come [as] one that travels; and youri lack as an armed man.

A slothful [man] hides his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Go to the ant, youi sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.

He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.