Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
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Referenced Verses
- Isa 9:20 : 20 One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
- Prov 6:10-11 : 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
- Prov 11:17 : 17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
- Prov 12:27 : 27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Prov 24:33-34 : 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
- Job 13:14 : 14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
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