13 Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.(A)

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13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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33 a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,
34 and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.(A)

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33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(A)
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.(B)

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The fool folds his arms(A)
and consumes his own flesh.(B)

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Fools fold their hands(A)
    and ruin themselves.

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