Holy Scripture
Proverbs 15:19
A church father on this verse
“In this number are those whom Wisdom calls the "slothful ones," who bestrew their "way" with "thorns"; who think it a moral loss to be anxious about keeping the commandments; who erase from their own minds the Apostolic teaching, and instead of eating the bread of their own honest earning fix on that of others, and ma…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; But those of the diligent are made smooth.
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In context
17Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, Than a feast of calves, with enmity.
18A passionate man stirs up strife; But he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. a A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; But an ungodly man rather stirs them up.
— Proverbs 15:19 —
20A wise son gladdens his father; But a foolish son sneers at his mother.
21The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; But a wise man proceeds on his way aright.