Ecclesiastes 4:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.

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I will take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand.

Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm.

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

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

The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

They gorged on the right but still were hungry, and they devoured on the left but were not satisfied; they devoured the flesh of their own kindred;