Proverbs 19:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴House and wealth are inherited from parents,
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
¹⁵Laziness brings on deep sleep;
    an idle person will suffer hunger.
¹⁶Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.

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