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Lazy men are soon poor; hard workers get rich.

A wise youth makes hay while the sun shines, but what a shame to see a lad who sleeps away his hour of opportunity.

The good man is covered with blessings from head to foot, but an evil man inwardly curses his luck.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 an evil man inwardly curses his luck, literally, “but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.”

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