Lazy hands make for poverty,(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(B)

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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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(A)He who has a slack hand becomes poor,
But (B)the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
    because of idle hands, the house leaks.(A)

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18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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18 Because of laziness the [a]building decays,
And (A)through idleness of hands the house leaks.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:18 Lit. rafters sink