Holy Scripture
Proverbs 10:4
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“Lazy hands lead to poverty, etc. Whoever lives negligently in this world will suffer lack of good things in the future; but whoever fights bravely for the Lord is rewarded with the riches of eternal blessedness.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Poverty brings a man low: But the hands of the vigorous make rich. a A son who is instructed shall be wise, And shall use the fool for a servant.
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2Treasures shall not profit the lawless: But righteousness shall deliver from death.
3The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: But he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
— Proverbs 10:4 —
5A wise son is saved from heat: But a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: But untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.