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A son who gathers the crops during the summer is wise,
    but a son who sleeps at harvest-time[a] is shameful.
Blessings are showered on the head of the righteous,
    but sorrow will cover the face of the wicked.
The righteous is remembered with blessings,
    but the name of the wicked fades away.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:5 Sleeps at harvest-time: the same condemnation is found in Prov 6:9-11; 19:15; 20:13.