Proverbs 20:4
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
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- Proverbs 10:4
"He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:15
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 13:4
"The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 25:24
"Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 25:3
"They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:13
"The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets."
Read in chapter → - 2 Peter 1:5
"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:10
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:24
"A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:34
"So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man."
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