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A lazy person doesn’t plow in the proper[a] season;
    he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

The intentions of a person’s heart are deep waters,
    but a discerning person reveals them.

Many claim “I’m a loyal person!”[b]
    but who can find someone who truly is?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 The Heb. lacks proper
  2. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. claim to be people of gracious love