22 Ce qu’on apprécie chez un homme, c’est sa bonté,
et mieux vaut un pauvre qu’un menteur.
23 Craindre l’Eternel mène à la vie[a],
et, comblé, on passe même la nuit à l’abri du malheur.
24 Le paresseux plonge sa main dans le plat[b],
mais il ne la ramène pas à sa bouche.

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  1. 19.23 Voir 10.27.
  2. 19.24 On portait sa main dans le plat commun pour y prendre le morceau qu’on désirait (Rt 2.14 ; Mt 26.23).

22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.(A)

24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(B)

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

22 What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,
And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.
23 The [a](A)fear of Yahweh leads to life,
So that one may sleep (B)satisfied, not (C)visited by evil.
24 The (D)sluggard buries his hand (E)in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

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  1. Proverbs 19:23 Or reverence