Proverbs 12:27
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
In context
24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
25 Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. 26 The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. 27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt. 28 In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 12:27 in the KJV
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: But the substance of a diligent man is precious.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 12:27 in the ESV
Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.