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Proverbs 26:13-21 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

13. A slacker says, “There’s a lion on the road! A lion is in the streets!”

14. As a door turns on its hinges so a slacker turns on his bed.

15. The slacker plunges his hand in the dish— he is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.

16. A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.

17. Like one who takes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows

19. so is one who deceives his friend, and says, “I was only joking.”

20. Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.

21. As coals are to embers and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindling strife.

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