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Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
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Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says,“ There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
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2 Peter 1 5-2 Peter 1 11
Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;and in knowledge, self- control; and in self- control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 25:3-10
Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.But at midnight there was a cry,‘ Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.The foolish said to the wise,‘ Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’But the wise answered, saying,‘ What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
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Matthew 25:24-28
“ He also who had received the one talent came and said,‘ Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you didn’t sow, and gathering where you didn’t scatter.I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’“ But his lord answered him,‘ You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
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Proverbs 24:34
so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
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Proverbs 6:10-11
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.