Proverbs 20:4 meaning and explanation
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Proverbs 20:4, Berean Standard Bible
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This proverb is a short observation from Israel's wisdom tradition about the farmer who misses the plowing season, perhaps because of laziness or excuses, and then comes looking at harvest for a crop that was never planted. The Hebrew word rendered "slacker" is atsel, the familiar term for the lazy person in Proverbs.
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