Proverbs 19:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁵Laziness brings on deep sleep;
    an idle person will suffer hunger.
¹⁶Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.
¹⁷Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and will be repaid in full.

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