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The Field of the Slothful
The sage learns from observation. A neglected field overgrown with thorns and a broken wall becomes a living lesson: small repeated choices toward sleep and inattention can accumulate until poverty arrives with startling force.
Proverbs learns from a neglected field that repeated laziness brings poverty; Paul commands idle believers to work quietly and eat their own bread.
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