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  Proverbs 12:27

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

• • 27 The lazy do not chase after the prey,+

    But diligence is a man’s precious treasure.

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  Proverbs 12:27

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

• • 27 The lazy do not chase after the prey,+

    But diligence is a man’s precious treasure.

• Proverbs 12:27

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

• • 27 Slackness will not start up one’s game animals,+ but the diligent one is a man’s* precious wealth.

• Proverbs 12:27

  The Bible in Living English

• • 27* Slackness does not broil his game;

    but energy treats a man’s goods as worth caring for.

• Proverbs 12:27

  The Emphasized Bible

• • 27 Indolence roasteth not his own game, But the substance of a man is precious when he is diligent.

• Proverbs 12:27

  King James Version

• • 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

• Proverbs

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025

• • 12:27 w03 3/15 30

• Proverbs

  Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition

• • 12:27

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/2003, p. 30