Laziness and Diligence
6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
30:26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
30:28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
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