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Proverbs 12:27

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

The lazy do not roast their game, but the diligent obtain precious wealth.

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The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.

The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.

Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.

Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The righteous gives good advice to friends, but the way of the wicked leads astray.

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.