A slack hand (A)causes poverty,
    (B)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
He who (C)gathers in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps in harvest is (D)a son who brings shame.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but (E)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11

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