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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 22:13

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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22:13 Of the many proverbs on laziness (10:4-6, 26; 12:11; 13:4; 14:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4, 13; 21:25; 26:13), this is among the funniest. Lazy people will come up with any outlandish excuse for not working.
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