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Proverbs 26:11-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

11. A foolish person who does the same foolish things again is like a dog that returns to where it has thrown up.

12. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a foolish person than for him.

13. A person who doesn't want to work says, "There's a lion in the road! There's an angry lion wandering in the streets!"

14. A person who doesn't want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.

15. A person who doesn't want to work leaves his hand in the dish. He acts as if he is too tired to bring it back up to his mouth.

16. A person who doesn't want to work is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who give careful answers.

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