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25 The desire of sluggards will slay them,
    for their hands refuse to work.[a]
26 Some are consumed with avarice all the day,
    but the just give unsparingly.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination,
    the more so when they offer it with bad intent.(A)

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  1. 21:25 Desire, or appetite, is the impulse toward food and drink (see Ps 42:3) which spurs animals and human beings into action. But sluggards cannot lift hand to mouth; they bury their hand in the dish (19:24), and so their appetite is thwarted.

25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(B) give without sparing.(C)

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable(D)
    how much more so when brought with evil intent!(E)

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