Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 33:27

ἔμβαλε αὐτὸν εἰς ἐργασίαν. ἵνα μὴ ἀργῇ, πολλὴν γὰρ κακίαν ἐδίδαξεν ἡ ἀργία.
King James Version (KJV)

Send him to labour, that he be not idle; for idleness teacheth much evil.

Modern English

Put him to work, so he is not idle, for idleness teaches all kinds of evil.

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