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Proverbs 19:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 19:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Laziness results in excessive sleep,
and an idle man suffers hunger.[a]
16 Whoever observes the commandments will live,
but the one who scorns them will die.
17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord[b]
who will recompense him for his kindness.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:15 See note on Prov 10:4.
- Proverbs 19:17 Lends to the Lord: the Lord regards kindness to the poor as kindness done to him (see Mt 25:40).
