Ecclesiastes 4:5

The Message

The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.

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When you’re kind to others, you help yourself; when you’re cruel to others, you hurt yourself.

A lazy life is an empty life, but “early to rise” gets the job done.

Indolence wants it all and gets nothing; the energetic have something to show for their lives.

A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall.

The words of a wise person are gracious. The talk of a fool self-destructs— He starts out talking nonsense And ends up spouting insanity and evil.