How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,(A)
11 and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.(B)

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(B)
11 and poverty(C) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

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Idle hands make one poor,
but diligent hands bring riches.(A)

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Lazy hands make for poverty,(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(B)

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The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.(A)

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A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,(A)
    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

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25 A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.(A)

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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.

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