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| Proverbs 24
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- 24:30
- I passed
by the field of one who was lazy, by the
vineyard of a stupid person;
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- 24:31
- and see,
it was all overgrown with thorns; the
ground was covered with nettles, and its
stone wall was broken down.
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- 24:32
- Then I
saw and considered it; I looked and
received instruction.
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- 24:33
- A little
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to rest,
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- 24:34
- and
poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.
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| The Message
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| Proverbs 24
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- 24:30
- One day I
walked by the field of an old lazybones,
and then passed the vineyard of a lout;
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- 24:31
- They were
overgrown with weeds, thick with
thistles, all the fences broken down.
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- 24:32
- I took a
long look and pondered what I saw; the
fields preached me a sermon and I
listened:
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- 24:33
- "A
nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a
day off there, sit back, take it easy -
do you know what comes next?
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- 24:34
- Just
this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor
life, with poverty as your permanent
houseguest!"
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