Ecclesiastes 4:5
"The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh."
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- Isaiah 9:20
"And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:10
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:4
"The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."
Read in chapter → - Job 13:14
"Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:4
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:17
"The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:27
"The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:33
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"
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