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Proverbs 26:12-20 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

12. Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

13. The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'

14. The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

15. The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.

16. Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

17. Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

18. As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

19. So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

20. Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

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