Holy Scripture
Proverbs 23:21
A church father on this verse
“And dressed in rags will be the sluggard. For his death will find him despicable and devoid of all good works, as his languor occupied him here in seeking the crimes of another's life through slander.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
21For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; And every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
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In context
19Hear, my son, and be wise, And rightly direct the thoughts of thy heart.
20Be not a wine bibber, Neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
— Proverbs 23:21 —
22Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, And despise not thy mother because she is grown old.