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Proverbs 21:24-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

24 Proud, boastful—scoffer is the name:
    those who act with overbearing pride.
25 The desire of sluggards will slay them,
    for their hands refuse to work.[a]
26 Some are consumed with avarice all the day,
    but the just give unsparingly.

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  1. 21:25 Desire, or appetite, is the impulse toward food and drink (see Ps 42:3) which spurs animals and human beings into action. But sluggards cannot lift hand to mouth; they bury their hand in the dish (19:24), and so their appetite is thwarted.
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