The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Still the indolence which 'folds the fool's hands together' is to be reprobated, because such a one ruins himself - "eateth his own flesh" (Isaiah 9:20; Isaiah 49:26).
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Ecclesiastes 4:5
5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.