Proverbs 24:30-34

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I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

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Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,^(A)
and the stone wall was ruined.

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I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:

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a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,

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and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.^(B)

A. Proverbs 24:31: Genesis 3:18; Proverbs 20:4

B. Proverbs 24:34: Proverbs 6:10-11; Proverbs 20:13