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  Proverbs 26:12 - 16 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!" As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

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  Proverbs 22:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

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  Proverbs 15:18 - 19 - A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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  Proverbs 12:27 - 28 - The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized. In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

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  Proverbs 20:4 - The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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  1 Kings 19:6 - He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

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  Proverbs 12:24 - The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

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  Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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  2 Kings 2:20 - He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." They brought it to him.

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  Jeremiah 19:1 - Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;