Proverbs 21:25
"The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour."
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- 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 25:26
"His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:24
"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute."
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 26:16
"The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:27
"The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:19
"The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:30
"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:4
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 22:13
"The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets."
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